Land Use Data for Latitude 10.25 Longitude -71.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Maracaibo dry forests ecoregion |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Agro forestryShrubs - Extensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics drylandsLivestock
CattleGoats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
Bananas (also in forestry plantations)Beans Dry
Cereals and cereal products
Fruits
Maize
Sorghum
Growing Period (days)
90 to 119120 to 149
150 to 179
Soil Types
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Lixisols
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
Population Density (persons per km2)
02 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
10 to 2020 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.
