Land Use Data for Latitude 42.25 Longitude -8.75

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

Locations

Cíes islands
Illas Cíes
Ons islands
Ría de Arosa (O Grove) estuary

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Agro forestry
Forestry - Plantations
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land

Ecosystems

Mediterranean humid
Subtropical drylands

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Bananas
Cereals and cereal products
Fruit tree (forestry plantations only)
Fruits
Grapes
Maize
Potatoes

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)

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

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Rio MinhoPlatinum, Gold

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.