Land Use Data for Latitude 31.25 Longitude -9.75

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

Locations

Archipel d'Essaouira
Essaouira Dunes

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock

Ecosystems

Mediterranean drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Barley
Cereals and cereal products
Maize

Growing Period (days)

120 to 149

Soil Types

Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5
5 to 8

Population Density (persons per km2)

50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

30 to 40

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.