Land Use Data for Latitude -7.25 Longitude -79.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesGrasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralismShrubs - Extensive pastoralism Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size) Urban land Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism Bare areas - Extensive pastoralism EcosystemsDesertsLivestockCattleGoats Pigs Poultry Sheep CropsBeans DryCereals and cereal products Fruits MIXED Maize Rice Paddy Roots tubers Sugar Cane Sugar crops and sweeteners Vegetables Wheat Growing Period (days)1 to 2930 to 59 Soil TypesArenosols (Sandy)Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits) Leptosols (Shallow soils) TerrainPlain or plateauSlopes (degrees)0.5 to 22 to 5 16 to 30 30 to 45 above 45 Population Density (persons per km2)0 to 210 to 50 50 to 250 above 250 Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)20 to 30Agricultural 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. |