Land Use Data for Latitude 14.25 Longitude -85.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Bosawas Patuca National Park |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherEcosystems
Warm Tropics humidLivestock
CattlePigs
Crops
Bananas (also in forestry plantations)Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
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)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Nitisols (Deep, well-drained, red, tropical soils with a clayey subsurface)
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
5 to 88 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
0 to 22 to 10
10 to 50
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
30 to 40Mineral Extraction
| Site Name (Type) | Minerals |
|---|---|
| Rio Coco | 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.
