Land Use Data for Latitude 13.25 Longitude -87.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Archipelago Golfo de Fonseca Conchagua Volcano Farallones de Cosiguina Isla del Tigre Wildlife Refuge La Unión Bay |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherForestry - Agro forestry
Forestry - Plantations
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics sub-humidLivestock
CattleGoats
Pigs
Poultry
Crops
Beans DryCereals and cereal products
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Grain (dried)
Maize
Sugar cane
Growing Period (days)
210 to 239240 to 269
Soil Types
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)Regosols (Other)
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
2 to 1010 to 50
50 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
30 to 4040 to 50
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.
