Land Use Data for Latitude -13.25 Longitude -72.25

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

Locations

Abra Málaga-Vilcanota
Central Andean wet puna ecoregion
Lagos Yanacocha
Santuario Histórico Machu Picchu

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Agro forestry
Forestry - Plantations
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Coffee Green
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Maize
Potatoes
Roots tubers
Stimulant crops

Growing Period (days)

240 to 269
270 to 299
300 to 329
330 to 359
above 360

Soil Types

Regosols (Other)

Terrain

Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500

Slopes (degrees)

30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

0 to 2
2 to 10

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

40 to 50

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Cobalto Nickel-Cobalt Deposit-PeruNickel, Cobalt
Cueruo Nickel-Cobalt Deposit-PeruCobalt, Nickel
Gran San Cristobal, Mina.Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold
Guido Daniel, Mina.Silver, Copper
Perseverancia, MinaCopper, Lead, Silver, Gold
Ruth Yanamanchi, Mina.Lead, Copper, Silver
Salinas De MaraHalite, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Magnesite
Salinera PichuhuircaHalite, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Magnesite
San Juan De Dios, MinaSilver, Copper
Urumbaba-Nickel-Cobalt Deposit-PeruNickel, Cobalt

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.