Land Use Data for Latitude 37.25 Longitude -8.75

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

Locations

Costa Sudoeste
Leixão da Gaivota
Leixão da Gaivota
Monchique
Ponta da Piedade
Serra de Monchique
South-west coast of Portugal

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Agro forestry
Forestry - Plantations
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Agriculture in protected areas
Urban land

Ecosystems

Mediterranean humid
Subtropical drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Sheep

Crops

Bananas
Cereals and cereal products
Oil tree crops (forestry plantations only)
Oil-bearing crops
Olives
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

210 to 239

Soil Types

Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Luvisols
Podzols
Regosols (Other)

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)

0
0 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

5 to 10

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Beralt Tin & Wolfram (Underground)Tungsten, Copper, Tin

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.