Land Use Data for Latitude 6.25 Longitude -73.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesForestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherShrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial) Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock Urban land Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism EcosystemsCool Tropic mixedWarm Tropics perhumid Warm Tropics humid LivestockCattlePigs Poultry Sheep CropsCereals and cereal productsMaize Growing Period (days)300 to 329330 to 359 above 360 Soil TypesAndosols (Black soils of volcanic landscapes)Arenosols (Sandy) Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content) Leptosols (Shallow soils) TerrainPlain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5% Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2% Mountain > 2500 Slopes (degrees)2 to 55 to 8 8 to 16 16 to 30 30 to 45 above 45 Population Density (persons per km2)02 to 10 10 to 50 50 to 250 above 250 Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)20 to 30Agricultural 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. |