Land Use Data for Latitude -2.75 Longitude -79.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Bosque Protector Molleturo Mullopungo Cajas National Park Cajas-Mazán Laguna Toreadora Yanuncay-Yanasacha |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Agro forestryForestry - Plantations
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)
Urban land
Ecosystems
Cool Tropic mixedWarm Tropics sub-humid
Warm Tropics drylands
Livestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
BananasBarley
Cereals and cereal products
Cocoa Beans
Coffee
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Fruits
Maize
Potatoes
Rice Paddy
Roots tubers
Stimulant crops
Sugar Cane
Sugar crops and sweeteners
Growing Period (days)
120 to 149150 to 179
180 to 209
210 to 239
Soil Types
Andosols (Black soils of volcanic landscapes)Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Luvisols
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
2 to 1010 to 50
50 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
10 to 2020 to 30
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.
