Land Use Data for Latitude -12.25 Longitude -40.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesForestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherForestry - Agro forestry Forestry - Plantations Shrubs - 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 sub-humidLivestockCattleGoats Pigs Poultry Sheep CropsBananasBananas (also in forestry plantations) Beans Dry Cassava Cereals and cereal products Coffee Green Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations) Fruits Grain (dried) Maize Plantains Roots tubers Stimulant crops Sugar Cane Sugar crops and sweeteners Growing Period (days)210 to 239Soil TypesAcrisolsFerralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides) TerrainPlain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5% Slopes (degrees)0.5 to 22 to 5 5 to 8 8 to 16 16 to 30 30 to 45 Population Density (persons per km2)2 to 1050 to 250 above 250 Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)40 to 5050 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. |