Land Use Data for Latitude -8.75 Longitude -37.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesForestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherForestry - Agro forestry Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial) Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock Urban land Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism EcosystemsWarm Tropics sub-humidWarm Tropics drylands LivestockCattleGoats Pigs Poultry Sheep CropsBananas (also in forestry plantations)Beans Dry Cereals and cereal products Maize Roots tubers Sugar Cane Sugar crops and sweeteners Wheat Growing Period (days)120 to 149150 to 179 180 to 209 Soil TypesArenosols (Sandy)Leptosols (Shallow soils) Luvisols TerrainPlain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5% Slopes (degrees)0.5 to 22 to 5 5 to 8 8 to 16 16 to 30 Population Density (persons per km2)00 to 2 2 to 10 10 to 50 above 250 Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)50 to 7575 to 100 above 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. |