Land Use Data for Latitude 4.25 Longitude -75.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesForestry - Agro forestryGrasslands - Intensive pastoralism Shrubs - Extensive pastoralism Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial) Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation Urban land EcosystemsMediterranean humidCool Tropic mixed Warm Tropics perhumid LivestockCattleGoats Pigs Poultry Sheep CropsBananas (also in forestry plantations)Cereals and cereal products Fruits Oil-bearing crops Plantains Sorghum Soybeans Sugar Cane Sugar crops and sweeteners Growing Period (days)above 360Soil TypesAndosols (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) TerrainPlain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5% Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2% Mountain > 2500 Slopes (degrees)0.5 to 22 to 5 5 to 8 8 to 16 16 to 30 30 to 45 Population Density (persons per km2)2 to 1010 to 50 50 to 250 above 250 Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)10 to 2020 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. |