Land Use Data for Latitude 0.75 Longitude -78.75Area 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 forestryForestry - 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 perhumidWarm Tropics humid
Livestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
BananasBananas (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 329330 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 plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
Population Density (persons per km2)
0 to 22 to 10
10 to 50
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
20 to 3030 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.
