Land Use Data for Latitude -12.25 Longitude -43.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesForestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherShrubs - Extensive pastoralism Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial) Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism EcosystemsWarm Tropics sub-humidWarm Tropics drylands LivestockCattleGoats Pigs Poultry CropsBeans DryCassava Cereals and cereal products Grain (dried) Roots tubers Sugar Cane Sugar crops and sweeteners Growing Period (days)150 to 179180 to 209 Soil TypesArenosols (Sandy)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) Leptosols (Shallow soils) Planosols TerrainPlain or plateauSlopes (degrees)0.5 to 22 to 5 5 to 8 16 to 30 Population Density (persons per km2)00 to 2 2 to 10 Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)30 to 4040 to 50 50 to 75 75 to 100 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. |