Land Use Data for Latitude -6.25 Longitude -35.25

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

Locations

Mata Estrela

Agricultural Land Uses

Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Bare areas - Extensive pastoralism
Open Water - Inland Fisheries

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Beans Dry
Cereals and cereal products
Fruits
Grain (dried)
Maize
Plantains
Sugar crops and sweeteners

Growing Period (days)

210 to 239

Soil Types

Arenosols (Sandy)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

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.