Land Use Data for Latitude -0.75 Longitude -78.25Area 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 - PlantationsGrasslands - 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 mixedLivestock
CattlePoultry
Sheep
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsCoffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Fruits
MIXED
Stimulant crops
Growing Period (days)
210 to 239240 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 55 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
0 to 22 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
10 to 2030 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.
