Land Use Data for Latitude 9.75 Longitude -83.75

Locations

Chirripó National Park Los Quetzales National Park Los Santos Forest Reserve Reserva Biológica Cerro las Vueltas Río Macho Forest Reserve Río Navarro-Río Sombrero Protective Zone Tapantí-Macizo de La Muer National Park Volcán Irazú National Park

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Forestry - Agro forestry
Forestry - Plantations
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Agriculture in protected areas

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics perhumid
Warm Tropics humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

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

Growing Period (days)

300 to 329
330 to 359
above 360

Soil Types

Alisols
Andosols (Black soils of volcanic landscapes)
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Nitisols (Deep, well-drained, red, tropical soils with a clayey subsurface)

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45

Population Density (persons per km²)

10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

5 to 10
10 to 20

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)	Minerals
	Copper
Agua Caliente	Diatomite
Alaska Prospect	Copper, Silver
Canon Occurrence	Aluminum
Cervantes	Volcanic Materials, Stone, Crushed/Broken
Concavas Prospect	Copper
Division Prospect	Copper, Lead
Industrial Calcarea	Limestone, General
Jardin Occurrence	Aluminum
Jesus Maria	Limestone, General
La Carpintera Prospect	Gold
Ladrillera Aguacaliente	Brick Clay
Llano Grande	Diatomite
Navarro	Travertine, Stone, Dimension
Orosi Prospect	Gold, Silver, Copper
Paraiso Prospects	Aluminum
Piedra Occurrence	Copper
Playa Quesada	Barium-Barite, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc
Playas Prospect	Copper
Quebrador Ochomogo	Sand and Gravel, Construction
Rio Blanco	Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc, Silver
Rio Pejibaye Prospect	Gold, Copper, Barium-Barite
Rio Savegre Prospect	Copper
Siberia Mine	Copper, Gold, Silver
Tajo Azul	Limestone, General
Tajo Caracol	Volcanic Materials
Tajo Las Concaves	Volcanic Materials, Stone, Crushed/Broken
Tajo Mena	Sand and Gravel, Construction
Tapanti Prospect	Copper
Valle Del General	Aluminum