Land Use Data for Latitude 42.75 Longitude -6.75

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

Locations

Ancares mountains
DegaƱa-Hermo
SIERRA DE LOS ANCARES

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Agro forestry
Forestry - Plantations
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock

Ecosystems

Temperate humid
Mediterranean humid

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Bananas
Bananas (also in forestry plantations)
Cereals and cereal products
Fruit tree (forestry plantations only)
Maize
Potatoes
Roots tubers

Growing Period (days)

180 to 209
210 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)
Podzols

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%

Slopes (degrees)

8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

2 to 5

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Coto Wagner (Surface-Underground)Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica
Coto Wagner MineIron
Rubiales Pb-Zn MineZinc, Lead, Silver

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.