Land Use Data for Latitude -0.75 Longitude -78.25

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

Locations

Antisana Ecological Reserve
Antisana Ecological Reserve and surrounding areas
Parque Nacional Cotopaxi
Reserva Ecológica Antisana

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Plantations
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture in protected areas
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed

Livestock

Cattle
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

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

Growing Period (days)

210 to 239
240 to 269
270 to 299
300 to 329

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
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

10 to 20
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.