Land Use Data for Latitude -12.25 Longitude -43.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Atlantic dry forests ecoregion |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherShrubs - Extensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics sub-humidWarm Tropics drylands
Livestock
CattleGoats
Pigs
Poultry
Crops
Beans DryCassava
Cereals and cereal products
Grain (dried)
Roots tubers
Sugar Cane
Sugar crops and sweeteners
Growing Period (days)
150 to 179180 to 209
Soil Types
Arenosols (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
Terrain
Plain 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.
