Land Use Data for Latitude 14.75 Longitude -86.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| El BoquerĂ³n Natural Monument |
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
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics humidLivestock
CattleGoats
Pigs
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)Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
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)
0 to 22 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
30 to 40Mineral Extraction
| Site Name (Type) | Minerals |
|---|---|
| Anderson Y Rey Del Oro Mines | Gold |
| Cerro El Obispo | Gold, Silver |
| El Chimbo | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper |
| El Retiro | Gold |
| El Trimache | Gold |
| La Mina | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Silver |
| La Mina | Gold |
| La Mina Auxiliadora | Gold |
| Rio Guayapa | Gold |
| Rio Jalan | Gold |
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.
