Land Use Data for Latitude -22.25 Longitude -42.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Macaé de Cima State Environmental Protection Area Reserva Biológica União |
Agricultural Land Uses
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralismRainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics sub-humidLivestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Crops
Beans DryCereals and cereal products
Coffee Green
Grain (dried)
MIXED
Maize
Oil-bearing crops
Rice Paddy
Soybeans
Stimulant crops
Sugar Cane
Sugar crops and sweeteners
Growing Period (days)
240 to 269270 to 299
Soil Types
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)
Luvisols
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 25 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
0 to 22 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
5 to 1010 to 20
20 to 30
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.
