Land Use Data for Latitude 9.25 Longitude -79.25

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

Locations

Chagres National Park
Chagres National Park

Agricultural Land Uses

Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics humid

Livestock

Cattle
Poultry

Crops

Beans Dry
Grain (dried)

Growing Period (days)

270 to 299
300 to 329

Soil Types

Nitisols (Deep, well-drained, red, tropical soils with a clayey subsurface)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

10 to 20

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.