Land Use Data for Latitude 40.25 Longitude -7.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Malcata mountains Serra da Malcata |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Agro forestryForestry - Plantations
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Urban land
Ecosystems
Temperate humidMediterranean humid
Livestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
BananasCereals and cereal products
Fruit tree
Fruits
Grapes
Maize
Oil tree crops (forestry plantations only)
Oil-bearing crops
Olives
Growing Period (days)
210 to 239240 to 269
Soil Types
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)Luvisols
Regosols (Other)
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Slopes (degrees)
2 to 55 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
Population Density (persons per km2)
2 to 1010 to 50
50 to 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
5 to 10Mineral Extraction
| Site Name (Type) | Minerals |
|---|---|
| Guarda Area | Lithium |
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.
