Land Use Data for Latitude -20.25 Longitude -40.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesGrasslands - 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 EcosystemsWarm Tropics humidWarm Tropics sub-humid LivestockCattlePigs Poultry CropsBeans 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 TypesFerralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)Luvisols TerrainPlain 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. |