Land Use Data for Latitude 41.75 Longitude -8.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Gerês mountains Serra do Gerês |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Agro forestryForestry - Plantations
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Agriculture in protected areas
Ecosystems
Temperate humidMediterranean humid
Livestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
BananasCereals and cereal products
Fruit tree
Fruit tree (forestry plantations only)
Fruits
Grapes
Maize
Oil tree crops (forestry plantations only)
Oil-bearing crops
Olives
Potatoes
Growing Period (days)
180 to 209210 to 239
240 to 269
270 to 299
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 plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Slopes (degrees)
2 to 55 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
02 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
2 to 55 to 10
Mineral Extraction
| Site Name (Type) | Minerals |
|---|---|
| Borralha (Underground) | Tungsten |
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.
