Land Use Data for Latitude 8.75 Longitude -78.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Chimán Islands Chimán Wetlands Majé Hydrological Reserve Serranía de Majé |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherForestry - Agro forestry
Forestry - Plantations
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Open Water - Inland Fisheries
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics humidLivestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Crops
Bananas (also in forestry plantations)Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Rice Paddy
Growing Period (days)
270 to 299Soil Types
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)Nitisols (Deep, well-drained, red, tropical soils with a clayey subsurface)
Unknown
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
2 to 55 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
Population Density (persons per km2)
02 to 10
10 to 50
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
10 to 20Agricultural 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.
