Land Use Data for Latitude 4.75 Longitude -75.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Bosques del Oriente de Risaralda Cañón del Río Barbas y Bremen Cauca Valley montane forests ecoregion Finca la Betulia Reserva la Patasola |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Agro forestryForestry - Plantations
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Ecosystems
Cool Tropic mixedWarm Tropics perhumid
Livestock
CattleGoats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
Bananas (also in forestry plantations)Cereals and cereal products
Fruits
Maize
Plantains
Sugar Cane
Sugar crops and sweeteners
Growing Period (days)
above 360Soil 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)
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500
Slopes (degrees)
2 to 55 to 8
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
10 to 5050 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
10 to 20Mineral Extraction
| Site Name (Type) | Minerals |
|---|---|
| La Morena Mine | Gold, Lead |
| Salento Region | Antimony |
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.
