Land Use Data for Latitude -0.25 Longitude -78.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Mindo and western foothills of Volcan Pichincha Mindo y Estribaciones Occidentales del volcán Pichincha Refugio de Vida Silvestre Pasochoa Río Toachi-Chiriboga Rio Toachi-Chiriboga and surrounding areas Volcán Atacazo |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherForestry - Agro forestry
Forestry - Plantations
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Extensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Agriculture in protected areas
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Mediterranean humidCool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics humid
Warm Tropics sub-humid
Livestock
CattleGoats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
BananasBarley
Beans Dry
Cereals and cereal products
Cocoa Beans
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Fruits
Grain (dried)
MIXED
Maize
Stimulant crops
Growing Period (days)
240 to 269270 to 299
300 to 329
Soil Types
Andosols (Black soils of volcanic landscapes)Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500
Slopes (degrees)
2 to 55 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
00 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
10 to 2030 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.
