Land Use Data for Latitude -19.75 Longitude -40.75

Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude

Locations

Augusto Ruschi Biological Reserve
Santa Teresa

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Beans Dry
Cereals and cereal products
Coffee Green
Grain (dried)
Maize
Rice Paddy
Seed Cotton
Stimulant crops
Sugar Cane
Sugar crops and sweeteners

Growing Period (days)

210 to 239
240 to 269

Soil Types

Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)
Luvisols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

10 to 20
20 to 30
30 to 40

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Laginha (Surface)Aluminum
Sao MateusREE

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.