Land Use Data for Latitude -5.25 Longitude -79.75

Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude

Locations

Paltashaco

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - 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
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
MIXED
Roots tubers
Stimulant crops

Growing Period (days)

60 to 89
90 to 119
120 to 149
150 to 179

Soil Types

Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500

Slopes (degrees)

5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

30 to 40

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.