Land Use Data for Latitude -2.25 Longitude -79.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesForestry - Agro forestryForestry - Plantations Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism Grasslands - 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 Bare areas - Extensive pastoralism Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism EcosystemsCool Tropic mixedWarm Tropics sub-humid Warm Tropics drylands LivestockCattlePigs Poultry Sheep CropsBananasBananas & plantains Beans Cereals and cereal products Cocoa Beans Coffee Green Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations) Maize Oil-bearing crops Rice Paddy Soybeans Stimulant crops Wheat Growing Period (days)150 to 179180 to 209 210 to 239 240 to 269 Soil TypesAndosols (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 Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter) TerrainPlain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5% Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2% Mountain > 2500 Slopes (degrees)0.5 to 22 to 5 5 to 8 16 to 30 30 to 45 above 45 Population Density (persons per km2)10 to 5050 to 250 Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)10 to 2020 to 30 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. |