Land Use Data for Latitude 10.25 Longitude -85.25

Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude

Locations

Barra Honda National Park
Costa Rican seasonal moist forests ecoregion
Nicoya Gulf mangroves and coastal areas
Palo Verde National Park
Palo Verde Wetlands
Reserva Biológica Lomas Barbudal

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Forestry - Agro forestry
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Agriculture in protected areas
Urban land

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Maize

Growing Period (days)

210 to 239
240 to 269

Soil Types

Acrisols
Andosols (Black soils of volcanic landscapes)
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Luvisols
Regosols (Other)

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

5 to 10

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
 Manganese
AbanqaritosHalite
Caliza De NicoyaLimestone, General
Cerro Grande OccurrenceIron, Manganese
Cerro Pena BlancaLimestone, General
ColoradoHalite
CopalHalite
Finca La UnioDiatomite
JicaralHalite
La Cuesta De Matambu OccurrenceManganese, Iron
Los AngelesDiatomite
Matina OccurrenceIron, Manganese
Puerto Humo OccurrenceManganese, Iron
Quebrada Delicias ProspectGold
San Buena VenturaHalite
Tajo Cerro CarazoLimestone, General
Tajo Chaves HerreraLimestone, General
Tajo ChopoVolcanic Materials
Tajo CopalLimestone, General
Tajo Diaz Y CarrilloLimestone, General
Tajo Gerardo CastroLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken
Tajo Mario Mendez QuarryLimestone, General
Tajo MontemarLimestone, General, Stone, Dimension

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.