Land Use Data for Latitude 8.25 Longitude -74.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesForestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherGrasslands - Intensive pastoralism Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial) Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock Urban land Bare areas - Extensive pastoralism Bare areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism EcosystemsWarm Tropics humidWarm Tropics sub-humid LivestockCattleGoats Pigs Poultry Growing Period (days)240 to 269270 to 299 Soil TypesGleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)TerrainPlain or plateauSlopes (degrees)0.5 to 22 to 5 Population Density (persons per km2)10 to 5050 to 250 above 250 Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)20 to 30Mineral Extraction
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. |