Land Use Data for Latitude -15.25 Longitude -72.75

Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude

Locations

Cotahuasi

Agricultural Land Uses

Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Agriculture in protected areas
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed
Deserts

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Potatoes
Roots tubers
Sugar crops and sweeteners

Growing Period (days)

0
30 to 59
120 to 149
150 to 179

Soil Types

Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Planosols

Terrain

Mountain > 2500

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
0 to 2
2 to 10

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

30 to 40
40 to 50

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.