Land Use Data for Latitude 13.75 Longitude -90.25

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

Locations

Barra de Santiago
Barra de Santiago Wildlife Refuge
Monterrico-Rio La Paz

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Forestry - Agro forestry
Forestry - Plantations
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Bananas
Beans Dry
Cereals and cereal products
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Maize
Sorghum

Growing Period (days)

180 to 209
210 to 239

Soil Types

Acrisols
Alisols
Andosols (Black soils of volcanic landscapes)

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

20 to 30
30 to 40

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Las LisasTitanium, Metal, Iron

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.