Land Use Data for Latitude -16.75 Longitude -39.25

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

Locations

Barra Velha Indigenous Area
CaraĆ­va/Trancoso State Environmental Protection Area
Imbiriba - Area doada Acquired Indigenous Area
Monte Pascoal National Park
Parque Nacional de Monte Pascoal

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Agriculture in protected areas
Urban land

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics perhumid

Livestock

Cattle
Poultry

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Grain (dried)
Roots tubers
Sugar crops and sweeteners

Growing Period (days)

330 to 359
above 360

Soil Types

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

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
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

30 to 40
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.