Land Use Data for Latitude -0.75 Longitude -79.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Centro Científico Río Palenque Los Illinizas Ecological Reserve Los Illinizas Ecological Reserve and surrouding areas |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherForestry - Agro forestry
Forestry - Plantations
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
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Cool Tropic mixedWarm Tropics humid
Warm Tropics sub-humid
Livestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Crops
BananasCereals and cereal products
Cocoa Beans
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Fruits
MIXED
Stimulant crops
Growing Period (days)
270 to 299Soil Types
Andosols (Black soils of volcanic landscapes)Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
0 to 22 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
10 to 2030 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.
