Land Use Data for Latitude -9.25 Longitude -43.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Parque Nacional da Serra das Confusões |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherRainfed 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 DryCereals and cereal products
Grain (dried)
Maize
Growing Period (days)
150 to 179180 to 209
Soil Types
Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)Terrain
Plain 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.
