Land Use Data for Latitude 6.25 Longitude -72.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Bosques Secos del Valle del Río Chicamocha Bosques Secos del Valle del Río Chicamocha Pueblo Viejo de Ura Soatá |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherShrubs - Extensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Cool Tropic mixedWarm Tropics humid
Livestock
CattleGoats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsMaize
Growing Period (days)
300 to 329330 to 359
Soil Types
Andosols (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)
Terrain
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%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
50 to 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.
