Land Use Data for Latitude -8.75 Longitude -39.75

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

Locations

Caatinga ecoregion
Curaçá

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Forestry - Agro forestry
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Sheep

Crops

Beans Dry
Cassava
Cereals and cereal products
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Grain (dried)
Maize
Roots tubers
Sugar Cane
Sugar crops and sweeteners

Growing Period (days)

90 to 119
120 to 149

Soil Types

Luvisols
Lixisols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
2 to 10

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

30 to 40
50 to 75

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
15 Km N. De Santa MariaAsbestos
Bom RecursoCopper
Lagoa Do MassapeCopper
Lagoa GrandeCopper
Pedra BrancaCopper
Riacho SecoCopper
VermelhoGemstone

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.