Land Use Data for Latitude 12.75 Longitude -87.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Cosiguina Volcano |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Agro forestryForestry - Plantations
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics sub-humidLivestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Crops
BananasCereals and cereal products
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Maize
Sugar cane
Growing Period (days)
210 to 239Soil Types
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
Population Density (persons per km2)
010 to 50
50 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
30 to 40Agricultural 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.
