Land Use Data for Latitude -3.75 Longitude -40.75

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

Locations

Serra de Ibiapaba

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Forestry - Agro forestry
Forestry - Plantations
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Extensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Urban land

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Sheep

Crops

Bananas (also in forestry plantations)

Growing Period (days)

180 to 209

Soil Types

Acrisols
Planosols
Regosols (Other)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
16 to 30
30 to 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
0 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

50 to 75
75 to 100
above 100

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.