Land Use Data for Latitude -12.25 Longitude -74.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Río Mantaro-Cordillera Central Río Mantaro-Cordillera Central |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Agro forestryForestry - Plantations
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Cool Tropic mixedWarm Tropics drylands
Livestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
BananasCereals and cereal products
Coffee
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Fruit tree (forestry plantations only)
MIXED
Roots tubers
Growing Period (days)
90 to 119120 to 149
150 to 179
Soil Types
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Regosols (Other)
Terrain
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
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
30 to 40Agricultural 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.
