Land Use Data for Latitude -23.25 Longitude -44.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Cairuçu Environmental Protection Area Ilha de Porcos Pequena Joatinga State Ecological Reserve Serra da Bocaina / Paraty / Angra dos Reis Serra da Bocaina National Park |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherForestry - Plantations
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Extensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Agriculture in protected areas
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Cool Tropic mixedWarm Tropics perhumid
Warm Tropics humid
Livestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Crops
BananasCereals and cereal products
Coffee Green
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Fruits
Maize
Stimulant crops
Sugar Cane
Sugar crops and sweeteners
Growing Period (days)
300 to 329330 to 359
above 360
Soil Types
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Slopes (degrees)
5 to 88 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
0 to 22 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
10 to 2020 to 30
Agricultural use data provided by LADA, 2008. "Mapping Land Use Systems at global and regional scales for Land Degradation Assessment Analysis. Version 1.0" Nachtergaele F. & Petri M.
Mineral extraction data provided by USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), downloaded June 2, 2010.
