Land Use Data for Latitude -21.75 Longitude 55.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesRainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size) Urban land EcosystemsCool Tropic mixedWarm Tropics humid CropsSugar CaneSugar crops and sweeteners Growing Period (days)300 to 329330 to 359 Soil TypesFluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides) Leptosols (Shallow soils) TerrainPlain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5% Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2% Slopes (degrees)8 to 1616 to 30 above 45 Population Density (persons per km2)50 to 250above 250 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. |