UPM Forestal Oriental - Social and Enviromental Report 2014

UPM Forestal Oriental’s assets include 997 km of natural water courses , in which the following have been identified:

Geology: UPM Forestal Oriental’s forest

plantations are located within a wide range of

geological formations, although mainly on those from which soils with good forestry aptitude may be derived. The predominant geological formations are the Guichón, Mercedes, Asencio, Fray Bentos, Aluvium and Salto along the coast, and San Gregorio, Melo, Yaguarí, Cuchilla del Ombú,

104 streams 123 ravines 4 rivers

Tacuarembó, Rivera, San Gregorio, Tres Islas and Crystalline Basement.

GEO CLIMATIC DATA

Hydrology: Water courses intended for the preservation of fish in general and other water flora and fauna, or the irrigation of crops whose product is not consumed in natural form or, in cases where it is consumed in natural form but the irrigation system does not water the product.

DISTRIBUTION OF TYPES OF ENVIRONMENT IN UNPLANTED AREAS AND BODIES OF WATER

Type of environment

%

Shrubs

0,3

Marshlands

2,7

Park Forest

6,5

Forests

5,2

Soil: forest aptitude and priority (according to Law 15,939 and its regulatory decrees) with the predominant use of the following soil groups and types: 9.1 (Argisols), 9.3 (Argisols and planosols), 09.3 (Argisols and brunisols soils) and 7.32 (Luvisols).

Lentic bodies of water

0,4

Average daily temperature: Between 12°C and 25°C

Lotic bodies of water

0,4

Palm groves

1,1

Rolling Meadows

14,3

Average annual rainfall: 1.300 mm

Flat Meadows

69,1

Highland Meadows

0,1

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