Land Use Data for Latitude 38.75 Longitude -9.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Salinas de Alverca e do Forte da Casa |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - PlantationsShrubs - Extensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Urban land
Ecosystems
Mediterranean humidSubtropical drylands
Livestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
BananasCereals and cereal products
Fruit tree
Fruits
Grapes
Maize
Oil tree crops (forestry plantations only)
Oil-bearing crops
Olives
Growing Period (days)
210 to 239Soil Types
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)Luvisols
Podzols
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
2 to 55 to 8
8 to 16
Population Density (persons per km2)
10 to 5050 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
5 to 10Agricultural 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.
