Land Use Data for Latitude 1.75 Longitude -76.25

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

Locations

Cueva De Los Guacharos Natural National Park
Northern Andean páramo ecoregion
Parque Nacional Natural Cueva de los Guácharos
Reserva El Oso

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Mediterranean humid
Cool Tropic mixed

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Rice Paddy

Growing Period (days)

270 to 299
above 360

Soil Types

Leptosols (Shallow soils)

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

10 to 20
20 to 30

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.