Land Use Data for Latitude 0.75 Longitude -78.75

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

Locations

Cayapas-Santiago-Wimbí
Corredor Awacachi
Cotacahi-Cayapas Ecological Reserve
Reserva Ecológica Cotacachi-Cayapas

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Agro forestry
Forestry - Plantations
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Agriculture in protected areas
Wetlands - Mangrove

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics perhumid
Warm Tropics humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Bananas
Bananas (also in forestry plantations)
Cereals and cereal products
Cocoa Beans
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Fruits
Maize
Potatoes
Roots tubers
Stimulant crops

Growing Period (days)

300 to 329
330 to 359
above 360

Soil Types

Andosols (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

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16

Population Density (persons per km2)

0 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

20 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.