Land Use Data for Latitude 8.25 Longitude -82.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Quebrada Mellicita-Charco Azul Santa MarĂa Wetlands |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherForestry - Agro forestry
Forestry - Plantations
Urban land
Ecosystems
Cool Tropic mixedWarm Tropics perhumid
Warm Tropics humid
Livestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Crops
Bananas (also in forestry plantations)Growing Period (days)
300 to 329330 to 359
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)
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
2 to 1010 to 50
50 to 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
5 to 1010 to 20
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.
