Land Use Data for Latitude 38.25 Longitude -9.25

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

Locations

Map

Cabo Espichel

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Agro forestry
Forestry - Plantations
Urban land

Ecosystems

Mediterranean humid
Subtropical drylands

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Bananas
Cereals and cereal products
Fruit tree
Fruits
Oil tree crops (forestry plantations only)
Oil-bearing crops

Growing Period (days)

210 to 239

Soil Types

Arenosols (Sandy)
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Luvisols
Podzols
Solonchaks (Saline)
Urban, mining

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km²)

50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

5 to 10

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.