Land Use Data for Latitude 10.75 Longitude -70.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Paraguana xeric scrub ecoregion |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherShrubs - Extensive pastoralism
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics drylandsLivestock
CattleGoats
Pigs
Poultry
Growing Period (days)
60 to 8990 to 119
Soil Types
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
Population Density (persons per km2)
2 to 1010 to 50
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
10 to 20Agricultural 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.
