Land Use Data for Latitude 13.25 Longitude -87.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Central American dry forests ecoregion Cerro Guanacaure Área Productora de Agua |
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
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Cool Tropic mixedWarm Tropics sub-humid
Livestock
CattleGoats
Pigs
Sheep
Crops
BananasBeans Dry
Cereals and cereal products
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Grain (dried)
Maize
Sugar cane
Growing Period (days)
210 to 239Soil Types
Regosols (Other)Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Slopes (degrees)
2 to 55 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
2 to 1010 to 50
50 to 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
30 to 40Mineral Extraction
| Site Name (Type) | Minerals |
|---|---|
| Choluteca River | Platinum |
| El Corpus Deposits | Gold |
| San Juan | Gold, Silver |
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.
