Land Use Data for Latitude -0.25 Longitude -77.75

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

Locations

Cayambe-Coca Ecological Reserve
Cayambe-Coca Ecological Reserve and surrouding areas
Parque Nacional Sumaco-Napo Galeras
Reserva Ecológica Cayambe-Coca
Sumaco Napo Galeras and surrouding areas

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Plantations
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Agriculture in protected areas

Ecosystems

Mediterranean humid
Cool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Barley
Beans Dry
Cereals and cereal products
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Grain (dried)
Maize
Potatoes
Roots tubers
Stimulant crops

Growing Period (days)

180 to 209
210 to 239
240 to 269
270 to 299

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)
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)
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
0 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

10 to 20
30 to 40
40 to 50
50 to 75

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
 Diatomite
El ChacoGold
LumbaquiPhosphorus-Phosphates
OyacachiCopper
Volcan ReventadorGold

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.