Land Use Data for Latitude -12.25 Longitude -72.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Megantoni National Sanctuary |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - PlantationsEcosystems
Warm Tropics perhumidWarm Tropics humid
Crops
BananasCoffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Growing Period (days)
300 to 329330 to 359
Soil Types
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Regosols (Other)
Terrain
Plain 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)
00 to 2
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
30 to 4040 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.
