Land Use Data for Latitude -8.75 Longitude -38.25

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

Locations

Serra Negra (Floresta)

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Extensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics sub-humid
Warm Tropics drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Beans Dry
Cassava
Cereals and cereal products
Grain (dried)
Maize
Roots tubers
Sugar Cane
Sugar crops and sweeteners

Growing Period (days)

150 to 179
180 to 209

Soil Types

Luvisols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

40 to 50
50 to 75
75 to 100

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.