Land Use Data for Latitude 4.75 Longitude -75.25

Area 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 higher
Forestry - 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 mixed
Warm Tropics perhumid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
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 360

Soil Types

Leptosols (Shallow soils)

Terrain

Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500

Slopes (degrees)

16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

10 to 20

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.