Land Use Data for Latitude -18.25 Longitude -43.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesForestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherForestry - Agro forestry Forestry - Plantations Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism EcosystemsWarm Tropics sub-humidLivestockCattlePigs Poultry CropsBananas (also in forestry plantations)Cereals and cereal products Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations) Maize Stimulant crops Sugar Cane Sugar crops and sweeteners Growing Period (days)180 to 209210 to 239 Soil TypesFerralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)Leptosols (Shallow soils) TerrainPlain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5% Slopes (degrees)2 to 55 to 8 8 to 16 16 to 30 Population Density (persons per km2)00 to 2 2 to 10 50 to 250 Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)20 to 3030 to 40 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. |