Land Use Data for Latitude 5.75 Longitude -74.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesForestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherGrasslands - Intensive pastoralism Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock Urban land Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism EcosystemsWarm Tropics perhumidWarm Tropics humid LivestockCattlePigs Poultry Sheep CropsCereals and cereal productsMaize Growing Period (days)300 to 329330 to 359 Soil TypesCambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence) TerrainPlain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5% Slopes (degrees)0.5 to 22 to 5 5 to 8 8 to 16 16 to 30 30 to 45 Population Density (persons per km2)2 to 1010 to 50 50 to 250 Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)10 to 2020 to 30 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. |