Land Use Data for Latitude 0.75 Longitude -79.25

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

Locations

Verde-Ónzole-Cayapas-Canandé

Agricultural Land Uses

Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Bananas
Cocoa Beans
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Fruits
Stimulant crops

Growing Period (days)

270 to 299
300 to 329

Soil Types

Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Luvisols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5
5 to 8

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 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.