Land Use Data for Latitude 17.75 Longitude -77.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Portland Bight and Ridge and surrounding areas Portland Bight Protected Area Portland Ridge and Bight |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Agro forestryForestry - Plantations
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics drylandsLivestock
CattleGoats
Pigs
Poultry
Crops
BananasCoffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Fruits
Plantains
Potatoes
Roots tubers
Growing Period (days)
150 to 179Soil Types
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Slopes (degrees)
2 to 55 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
50 to 250above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
10 to 20Agricultural 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.
