Anthropogenic Biomes of the World
Remote Croplands
The Remote Cropland anthrome is almost entirely agriculture with no
significant human population, few exceptions. More than half
of all the areas designated as remote cropland were > 66%
agriculture. Bare earth and pasture round out these remote
spaces.
This anthrome is dominated by savanna, grasslands, and plains, and
all of the top five constituent ecoregions are in North America.
The exploitation of these otherwise pristine areas for agriculture
is commonplace throughout North America West of the Mississippi
River, which has earned the nickname the "bread basket of the world". It is undoubtedly agribusiness influence that has lead
to more remote locations being used for intensive agriculture.
|
Population
|
Global
Total |
Median |
Min |
Max |
|
billion persons (%) |
persons/km� |
|
Total
|
0.0 (0%)
|
0 |
0 |
128 |
|
Non-Urban
|
0.0 (0%)
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
Land Use & Land Cover
|
Global
Total
|
Median |
Min |
Max |
| million km2 (%) |
(cover %) |
|
Total Land Area |
1.0 (0.8%) |
N/A |
|
Urban |
0.0 (0.0%) |
0.0% |
0.0% |
5.6% |
|
Cultivated |
0.51 (3.4%) |
67% |
0.0% |
100% |
|
Irrigated |
0.1 (3.6%) |
1.2% |
0.0% |
100% |
|
Rice Paddy |
0.01 (0.6%) |
0.0% |
0.0% |
39% |
|
Pasture |
0.24 (0.9%) |
15% |
0.0% |
100% |
|
Tree Cover |
0.14 (0.5%) |
3.3% |
0.0% |
84% |
|
Bare Earth |
0.17 (0.5%) |
15% |
0.0% |
100% |
*Median,
Minimum and Maximum estimates were
calculated after removing the top and bottom
2% of cells in each anthrome based on
the Euclidean distance across the means of variables used for anthrome classification. |