Land Use Data for Latitude 40.75 Longitude -2.25

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

Locations

Upper sections of the rivers Tajo and Tajuña

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Plantations
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Bananas
Bananas (also in forestry plantations)
Barley
Cereals and cereal products
Fruit tree (forestry plantations only)
Fruits
Grapes
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

120 to 149
150 to 179

Soil Types

Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
0 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

2 to 5

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.