Land Use Data for Latitude 8.75 Longitude -80.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| El Valle de Antón |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherForestry - Agro forestry
Forestry - Plantations
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics humidLivestock
CattlePoultry
Crops
BananasBananas (also in forestry plantations)
Cereals and cereal products
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Maize
Rice Paddy
Growing Period (days)
300 to 329Soil Types
Nitisols (Deep, well-drained, red, tropical soils with a clayey subsurface)Unknown
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
2 to 55 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 |
|---|---|
| Stone | |
| Clay | |
| Caracol Placer Concessions | Gold |
| Cocie Del Norte | Gold, Silver, Lead |
| Panama | Gold, Platinum |
| Perecabe | Gold |
| Rio Marta | Sulfur-Pyrite |
| Rio Miguel De La B | Gold |
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.
