Land Use Data for Latitude 14.25 Longitude -89.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| CerrĂ³n Grande El Pital Guisayote Biological Reserve Montecristo Montecristo - Trifinio National Park Montecristo Forest Montecristo National Park San Diego y La Barra National Park The Alotepeque Range Trifinio Biosphere Reserve |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Agro forestryForestry - Plantations
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Cool Tropic mixedWarm Tropics humid
Warm Tropics sub-humid
Livestock
CattleGoats
Pigs
Poultry
Crops
BananasCereals and cereal products
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Maize
Growing Period (days)
240 to 269270 to 299
Soil Types
Leptosols (Shallow soils)Luvisols
Nitisols (Deep, well-drained, red, tropical soils with a clayey subsurface)
Regosols (Other)
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Slopes (degrees)
5 to 88 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
10 to 5050 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
30 to 4040 to 50
Mineral Extraction
| Site Name (Type) | Minerals |
|---|---|
| Copper | |
| Copper, Tungsten | |
| Cerro Afate | Perlite |
| Cerro El Cobano | Perlite |
| Chaguite Deposits | Copper |
| Coloal | Silver, Lead, Zinc |
| D.M. Cerro Grande | Gypsum-Anhydrite |
| El Carmen | Copper |
| El Ocote | Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Gold |
| El Tajado Mine | Iron, Copper, Zinc |
| La Esperanza Prospect | Lead |
| Monte Verde Deposit | Copper |
| Occurrence At Canas Dulces | Sulfur-Pyrite |
| Occurrence At Quabrada Del Tigre | Lead |
| Occurrence At San Rafael | Sulfur-Pyrite |
| San Ignacio | Perlite |
| San Isidro Montanita Prospect | Lead, Copper |
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.
