Land Use Data for Latitude 37.75 Longitude -8.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Castro Verde Castro Verde plains PiƧarras |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Agro forestryGrasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Mediterranean humidLivestock
CattlePigs
Sheep
Crops
BananasCereals and cereal products
Oil tree crops (forestry plantations only)
Oil-bearing crops
Olives
Wheat
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
Regosols (Other)
Vertisols (Heavy clay)
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
Population Density (persons per km2)
00 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
5 to 10Mineral Extraction
| Site Name (Type) | Minerals |
|---|---|
| Aljustrel Base Metal (Underground) | Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold |
| Aljustrel Pyrite, Cu, Zn, Pb Mines | Zinc, Copper, Lead, Sulfur |
| Feitais/Algares (Underground) | Sulfur |
| Moinho/Sao Joao (Underground) | Sulfur |
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.
