Land Use Data for Latitude -17.25 Longitude -39.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves Mata Atlântica Parque Nacional do Descobrimento |
Agricultural Land Uses
Agriculture in protected areasEcosystems
Warm Tropics perhumidWarm Tropics humid
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsGrain (dried)
Roots tubers
Growing Period (days)
300 to 329330 to 359
Soil Types
Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
Population Density (persons per km2)
0 to 22 to 10
10 to 50
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
30 to 4050 to 75
Mineral Extraction
| Site Name (Type) | Minerals |
|---|---|
| Cumuruxatiba Beach Titanium | Titanium, Metal |
| Joacema (Surface) | REE, Thorium, Zirconium |
| Prado (Surface) | REE |
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.
