Land Use Data for Latitude 9.25 Longitude -82.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| La Amistad and Surrounding Areas La Amistad International Park La Amistad International Park Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park Talamancan montane forests ecoregion |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherForestry - Plantations
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics perhumidLivestock
CattlePoultry
Crops
Bananas (also in forestry plantations)Growing Period (days)
above 360Soil Types
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 plateauSlopes (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
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
10 to 20Mineral Extraction
| Site Name (Type) | Minerals |
|---|---|
| Copper | |
| Rio Sixaola | Gold |
| Rio Wonyet Occurrence | Copper |
| Sukut Prospect | Zinc, Lead, Barium-Barite, Molybdenum, Copper |
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.
