Land Use Data for Latitude 20.75 Longitude -75.75

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

Locations

Delta del Mayarí

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Agro forestry
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs

Crops

Bananas
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Fruits
Lemons and Limes
Oranges
Sugar cane

Growing Period (days)

180 to 209

Soil Types

Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)
Vertisols (Heavy clay)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5
5 to 8
16 to 30

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

5 to 10

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.