Land Use Data for Latitude 4.75 Longitude -75.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Alto Quindío Cañón del Río Combeima Cuenca del Río Toche Finca Paraguay Lagunas Bombona y Vancouver Los Nevados Natural National Park Reserva Natural Ibanasca |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherForestry - Agro forestry
Forestry - Plantations
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Cool Tropic mixedWarm Tropics perhumid
Livestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
Bananas (also in forestry plantations)Cereals and cereal products
Fruits
Plantains
Rice Paddy
Sugar Cane
Sugar crops and sweeteners
Growing Period (days)
above 360Soil Types
Leptosols (Shallow soils)Terrain
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500
Slopes (degrees)
16 to 3030 to 45
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
2 to 1010 to 50
50 to 250
above 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.
