Land Use Data for Latitude -1.25 Longitude -78.25

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

Locations

Corredor Ecológico Llanganates-Sangay
Llanganates National Park
Parque Nacional Llanganates

Agricultural Land Uses

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 - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Mediterranean humid
Cool Tropic mixed

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Cocoa Beans
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Fruits
MIXED
Stimulant crops

Growing Period (days)

240 to 269
270 to 299
300 to 329
330 to 359
above 360

Soil Types

Andosols (Black soils of volcanic landscapes)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)

Terrain

Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

0 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

10 to 20
30 to 40
50 to 75

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.