Land Use Data for Latitude 37.75 Longitude -7.25

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

Locations

PEÑAS DE AROCHE
Sierra Pelada mountain range

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

Ecosystems

Mediterranean humid

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Pigs
Sheep

Crops

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

Growing Period (days)

210 to 239

Soil Types

Luvisols
Regosols (Other)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

2 to 5
5 to 10

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Herrerias (Underground)Sulfur, Lead, Silver, Arsenic, Zinc, Sulfur-Pyrite, Copper, Gold
Tharsis (Surface)Sulfur, Gold, Iron, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper
Tharsis Filon Sur (Surface)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.