Land Use Data for Latitude -9.25 Longitude -43.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesForestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherRainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial) Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism EcosystemsWarm Tropics sub-humidWarm Tropics drylands LivestockCattleGoats Pigs Poultry CropsBeans DryCereals and cereal products Grain (dried) Maize Growing Period (days)150 to 179180 to 209 Soil TypesFerralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)TerrainPlain or plateauSlopes (degrees)0.5 to 22 to 5 5 to 8 Population Density (persons per km2)00 to 2 2 to 10 Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)30 to 4050 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. |