Land Use Data for Latitude -1.75 Longitude -80.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Machalilla National Park Parque Nacional Machalilla y alrededores Reserva Ecológica Comunal Loma Alta |
Agricultural Land Uses
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralismGrasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Extensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics drylandsLivestock
CattleGoats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
Cocoa BeansCoffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Stimulant crops
Growing Period (days)
150 to 179Soil Types
Arenosols (Sandy)Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Planosols
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
50 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
30 to 40Agricultural 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.
