Land Use Data for Latitude -4.25 Longitude -79.75

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

Locations

Alamor-Celica
Bosque Protector Jatumpamba-Jorupe
Cañón del río Catamayo
Catacocha
Tambo Negro
Utuana-Bosque de Hanne

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Agro forestry
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Bananas
Cereals and cereal products
Cocoa Beans
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Fruits
MIXED
Stimulant crops

Growing Period (days)

90 to 119
120 to 149
150 to 179
180 to 209

Soil Types

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

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
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

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

30 to 40
40 to 50

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.