Land Use Data for Latitude -7.25 Longitude -77.75

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

Locations

Cordillera Central páramo ecoregion

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Forestry - Plantations
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Extensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Maize
Potatoes
Roots tubers

Growing Period (days)

150 to 179
180 to 209
210 to 239
240 to 269

Soil Types

Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Regosols (Other)

Terrain

Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500

Slopes (degrees)

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)

20 to 30
30 to 40

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Pedro Vicente - CascasIron

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.