Land Use Data for Latitude 14.75 Longitude -88.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Celaque National Park Central American pine-oak forests ecoregion Montana de Celaque |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Agro forestryForestry - Plantations
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)
Agriculture in protected areas
Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics humidLivestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Crops
BananasBananas (also in forestry plantations)
Beans Dry
Cereals and cereal products
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Grain (dried)
Maize
Growing Period (days)
270 to 299300 to 329
Soil Types
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Kastanozems (Dark brown soils rich in organic matter)
Nitisols (Deep, well-drained, red, tropical soils with a clayey subsurface)
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 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 |
|---|---|
| Corquin | Bentonite, Gold |
| Gracias | Platinum |
| Las Crucitas | Antimony |
| Minas | Antimony |
| Naranjito | Mercury |
| Piedra De La Mina | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold |
| Qda.De Leon | Antimony |
| San Andres Mine | Silver, Gold |
| Yaruconte | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, 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.
