Land Use Data for Latitude 9.75 Longitude -85.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Nicoya Peninsula Refugio de Vida Silvestre Reserva Karen Mogensen F. |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherForestry - Agro forestry
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)
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics sub-humidLivestock
CattlePoultry
Crops
Bananas (also in forestry plantations)Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Growing Period (days)
210 to 239240 to 269
Soil Types
Andosols (Black soils of volcanic landscapes)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)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Luvisols
Regosols (Other)
Vertisols (Heavy clay)
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)
10 to 5050 to 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
5 to 10Mineral Extraction
| Site Name (Type) | Minerals |
|---|---|
| Bellavista (Surface) | Gold |
| La Colonia Carmona Prospect | Manganese |
| Lepanto | Halite |
| Tambor Occurrence | Manganese |
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.
