Land Use Data for Latitude -4.25 Longitude -43.75

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

Locations

Maranhao Babatu forests ecoregion

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Urban land
Open Water - Inland Fisheries

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Rice Paddy

Growing Period (days)

210 to 239
240 to 269

Soil Types

Acrisols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
0 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

50 to 75

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.