Land Use Data for Latitude 6.75 Longitude -72.25

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

Locations

El Cocuy Natural National Park
Parque Nacional Natural El Cocuy

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Agriculture in protected areas
Urban land

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics humid

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Bananas (also in forestry plantations)
Beans Dry
Cereals and cereal products
Grain (dried)
Maize
Roots tubers
Sorghum
Tobacco Leaves
Tobacco rubber and other crops

Growing Period (days)

300 to 329
330 to 359

Soil Types

Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
0 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

10 to 20
20 to 30

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.