Land Use Data for Latitude 1.75 Longitude -77.25

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

Locations

Patía Valley dry forests ecoregion

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock

Ecosystems

Mediterranean humid
Cool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics perhumid
Warm Tropics humid

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Potatoes
Roots tubers

Growing Period (days)

300 to 329
330 to 359
above 360

Soil Types

Andosols (Black soils of volcanic landscapes)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

20 to 30

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
EsmeraldaLead, Zinc, Copper
Esmeralda (Underground)Lead

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.