Land Use Data for Latitude 37.75 Longitude -5.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
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Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - PlantationsGrasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Ecosystems
Mediterranean humidLivestock
CattlePigs
Crops
BananasBananas (also in forestry plantations)
Cereals and cereal products
MIXED
Oil tree crops (forestry plantations only)
Oil-bearing crops
Olives
Wheat
Growing Period (days)
180 to 209210 to 239
Soil Types
AcrisolsCambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Luvisols
Regosols (Other)
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
Population Density (persons per km2)
0 to 22 to 10
10 to 50
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
2 to 5Agricultural 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.
