Land Use Data for Latitude 8.75 Longitude -82.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Fortuna Forest Reserve Fortuna Forest Reserve Palo Seco Protection Forest |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - PlantationsRainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Agriculture in protected areas
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics perhumidCrops
Bananas (also in forestry plantations)Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Rice Paddy
Growing Period (days)
330 to 359above 360
Soil Types
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)Nitisols (Deep, well-drained, red, tropical soils with a clayey subsurface)
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
2 to 1010 to 50
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
10 to 20Agricultural 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.
