Land Use Data for Latitude -0.75 Longitude -77.75

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

Locations

Cordillera de Huacamayos-San Isidro-Sierra Azul

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Plantations
Shrubs - Extensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Agriculture in protected areas

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Cocoa Beans
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
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)
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
0 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50

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.