Land Use Data for Latitude 37.75 Longitude -6.75

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

Locations

East mountain range of Huelva
Las Contiendas mountain range
SIERRA DE ARACENA Y PICOS DE AROCHE
SIERRA PELADA Y RIVERA DEL ASERRADOR

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
Agriculture in protected areas
Urban land

Ecosystems

Mediterranean humid

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Pigs
Sheep

Crops

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

Growing Period (days)

210 to 239

Soil Types

Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
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
Cerro Colorado Gossan (Surface)Gold, Silver
Corta Atalaya/Alfredo Pyrite (Surface-Underground)Sulfur, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Silver
Rio Tinto (Surface-Underground)Copper, Sulfur, Lead, Zinc
Rio Tinto MinesCopper, Sulfur-Pyrite, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Lead
Sotiel DepositZinc, Copper, Lead, Silver, Sulfur-Pyrite, Arsenic

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.