Land Use Data for Latitude 10.25 Longitude -85.25Area 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 higherForestry - 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-humidLivestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsCoffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Maize
Growing Period (days)
210 to 239240 to 269
Soil Types
AcrisolsAndosols (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 plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
Population Density (persons per km2)
2 to 1010 to 50
50 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
5 to 10Mineral Extraction
| Site Name (Type) | Minerals |
|---|---|
| Manganese | |
| Abanqaritos | Halite |
| Caliza De Nicoya | Limestone, General |
| Cerro Grande Occurrence | Iron, Manganese |
| Cerro Pena Blanca | Limestone, General |
| Colorado | Halite |
| Copal | Halite |
| Finca La Unio | Diatomite |
| Jicaral | Halite |
| La Cuesta De Matambu Occurrence | Manganese, Iron |
| Los Angeles | Diatomite |
| Matina Occurrence | Iron, Manganese |
| Puerto Humo Occurrence | Manganese, Iron |
| Quebrada Delicias Prospect | Gold |
| San Buena Ventura | Halite |
| Tajo Cerro Carazo | Limestone, General |
| Tajo Chaves Herrera | Limestone, General |
| Tajo Chopo | Volcanic Materials |
| Tajo Copal | Limestone, General |
| Tajo Diaz Y Carrillo | Limestone, General |
| Tajo Gerardo Castro | Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken |
| Tajo Mario Mendez Quarry | Limestone, General |
| Tajo Montemar | Limestone, 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.
