Land Use Data for Latitude 28.25 Longitude -13.75

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

Locations

Cuchillete de Buenavista-gully of La Torre-Los Alares
Llanos y cuchillos de Antigua
Pozo Negro
Pozo Negro mountain-Vigán
Río Cabras gully

Agricultural Land Uses

Urban land
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Deserts

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Growing Period (days)

30 to 59

Soil Types

Arenosols (Sandy)
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

2 to 5

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.