Land Use Data for Latitude -20.25 Longitude -40.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Encostas da Região de Domingos Martins Itarana Reserva Biológica de Duas Bocas |
Agricultural Land Uses
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralismShrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics humidWarm Tropics sub-humid
Livestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Crops
Beans DryCassava
Cereals and cereal products
Coffee Green
Grain (dried)
Maize
Plantains
Potatoes
Rice Paddy
Roots tubers
Seed Cotton
Stimulant crops
Growing Period (days)
210 to 239240 to 269
270 to 299
Soil Types
Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)Luvisols
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Slopes (degrees)
2 to 55 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
10 to 5050 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
10 to 2020 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.
