Land Use Data for Latitude -6.25 Longitude -78.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Marañón dry forests ecoregion |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Agro forestryForestry - Plantations
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Cool Tropic mixedWarm Tropics drylands
Livestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsCoffee Green
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Maize
Rice Paddy
Stimulant crops
Growing Period (days)
120 to 149150 to 179
180 to 209
210 to 239
Soil Types
Leptosols (Shallow soils)Regosols (Other)
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500
Slopes (degrees)
8 to 1616 to 30
30 to 45
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
0 to 22 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
30 to 40Agricultural 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.
