Land Use Data for Latitude 38.75 Longitude -6.75

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

Locations

AZUD DE BADAJOZ
EMBALSE DE LOS CANCHALES
LLANOS Y COMPLEJO LAGUNAR DE LA ALBUERA
Olivenza-La Albuera
Villalba de los Barros

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
Urban land

Ecosystems

Mediterranean humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Sheep

Crops

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

Growing Period (days)

180 to 209
210 to 239

Soil Types

Acrisols
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Regosols (Other)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

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
Santa Marta DistrictVanadium, Lead, Molybdenum

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.