Land Use Data for Latitude -8.75 Longitude -42.75Area 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 Urban land Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism EcosystemsWarm Tropics drylandsLivestockCattleGoats Pigs Poultry CropsBeans DryCereals and cereal products Grain (dried) Maize Rice Paddy Growing Period (days)120 to 149150 to 179 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 above 250 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. |