Land Use Data for Latitude 41.75 Longitude -8.75

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

Locations

Estuários dos Rios Minho e Coura
Minho and Coura estuaries

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Agro forestry
Forestry - Plantations
Urban land
Open Water - Inland Fisheries

Ecosystems

Mediterranean humid
Subtropical drylands

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

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

Growing Period (days)

300 to 329

Soil Types

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)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

2 to 5
5 to 10

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Covas, Covas De EstanhoTungsten

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.