Land Use Data for Latitude -4.25 Longitude -43.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Maranhao Babatu forests ecoregion |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherRainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Urban land
Open Water - Inland Fisheries
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics sub-humidLivestock
CattlePigs
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsMaize
Rice Paddy
Growing Period (days)
210 to 239240 to 269
Soil Types
AcrisolsTerrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
Population Density (persons per km2)
00 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
50 to 75Agricultural 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.
