Land Use Data for Latitude 17.75 Longitude -71.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Jaragua National Park |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherForestry - Agro forestry
Forestry - Plantations
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Agriculture in protected areas
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Open Water - Inland Fisheries
Ecosystems
Cool Tropic mixedWarm Tropics sub-humid
Warm Tropics drylands
Livestock
CattleGoats
Pigs
Poultry
Crops
BananasCoffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Growing Period (days)
120 to 149150 to 179
180 to 209
210 to 239
Soil Types
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)Vertisols (Heavy clay)
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Slopes (degrees)
5 to 88 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
02 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
30 to 4075 to 100
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.
