Land Use Data for Latitude 9.25 Longitude -83.25

Locations

Cordillera de Talamanca Norte Los Santos, La Amistad Pacífico Reserva de la Biosfera de la Amistad Talamanca Highlands

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Forestry - Plantations
Agriculture in protected areas
Urban land

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics perhumid

Livestock

Cattle
Poultry

Crops

Bananas (also in forestry plantations)
Cereals and cereal products

Growing Period (days)

above 360

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)
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%
Mountain > 2500

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km²)

2 to 10
10 to 50
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

5 to 10
10 to 20

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)	Minerals
Brujo Occurrence	Aluminum
Buenos Aires Occurrence	Aluminum
Quebrada Casa Occurrence	Aluminum
Rio Ceibo Prospect	Copper
Rio Lari Prospect	Copper
Rio Pato Occurrence	Copper
Rio San Antonio Occurrence	Aluminum
Rio Sini Occurrence	Copper
Rio Uren Occurrence	Copper
Rio Yuani Occurrence	Copper