Land Use Data for Latitude -17.25 Longitude -39.25

Area 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 areas

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics perhumid
Warm Tropics humid

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Grain (dried)
Roots tubers

Growing Period (days)

300 to 329
330 to 359

Soil Types

Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

0 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

30 to 40
50 to 75

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Cumuruxatiba Beach TitaniumTitanium, 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.