Land Use Data for Latitude -19.75 Longitude -43.75

Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude

Locations

Sumidouro State Park

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Agro forestry
Forestry - Plantations
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Wetlands - Agro-pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Bananas
Bananas (also in forestry plantations)
Beans Dry
Cereals and cereal products
Coffee Green
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Grain (dried)
Maize
Oil-bearing crops
Rice Paddy
Soybeans
Stimulant crops

Growing Period (days)

240 to 269

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 plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

10 to 20
20 to 30
30 to 40

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
(Surface)Iron
Aquas Claras (Surface)Iron
Brazil Operations (Processing Plant)Gold
Corrego Do MeioIron
CuibaGold
Espirito SantoGold
Gong Soco (Surface)Iron
Guanhaes (Surface)Iron
Mannesman (Surface)Iron
Mina Bella Fama (Underground)Gold
Mina De Aguas ClarasIron
Mina Raposos (Underground)Arsenic, Gold, Silver
MorcegoGold, Silver
Morro Velho (Underground)Gold, Silver
Morro Velho MineSilver, Gold, Platinum, Palladium, Copper
Mutuca (Surface)Iron
Raposos Gold MineGold, Palladium, Silver

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.