Land Use Data for Latitude -15.75 Longitude -40.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesForestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherForestry - Agro forestry Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial) Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock Urban land Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism EcosystemsWarm Tropics humidWarm Tropics sub-humid LivestockCattlePigs Poultry Sheep CropsBananasBeans Dry Cocoa Beans Coffee Green Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations) Fruits Grain (dried) MIXED Mixed Plantains Roots tubers Sorghum Stimulant crops Sugar Cane Sugar crops and sweeteners Growing Period (days)240 to 269270 to 299 300 to 329 Soil TypesFerralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)Lixisols Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter) TerrainPlain or plateauSlopes (degrees)2 to 55 to 8 8 to 16 16 to 30 30 to 45 Population Density (persons per km2)00 to 2 2 to 10 10 to 50 above 250 Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)30 to 4040 to 50 50 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. |