Land Use Data for Latitude 8.75 Longitude -70.75

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

Locations

Cordillera de Merida páramo ecoregion
Parque Nacional Sierra La Culata
Parque Nacional Sierra Nevada
Sierra Nevada National Park
Sureste del Lago de Maracaibo Sto. Domingo-Motatán Protective Zone
Venezuelan Andes montane forests ecoregion

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Agro forestry
Forestry - Plantations
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Agriculture in protected areas
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics humid
Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Bananas
Bananas (also in forestry plantations)
Cereals and cereal products
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Fruits
Maize
Plantains
Roots tubers

Growing Period (days)

210 to 239
240 to 269
270 to 299
300 to 329

Soil Types

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

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

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

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

20 to 30

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
La VentaCopper
MucurubaCopper
Piedras BlancasCopper
San RafaelCopper
Santo DomingoCopper
TimotesCopper

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.