Land Use Data for Latitude 18.75 Longitude -70.25

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

Locations

Loma La Humeadora

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Agro forestry
Shrubs - Intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics perhumid
Warm Tropics humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Bananas
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)

Growing Period (days)

300 to 329
330 to 359
above 360

Soil Types

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

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30

Population Density (persons per km2)

50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

20 to 30
50 to 75

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
 Iron
 Manganese
 Manganese, Cobalt, Nickel
 Clay
(Facility) Falcondo Bonao Ni Mine and Smelter (Surface)Nickel
AltagraciaGold
Cerro MaimonCopper
Falconbridge Dominicana MinesIron, Nickel, Cobalt
Falcondo Ferronickel Plant (Processing Plant)Nickel
Loma Peguera Chromite ProspectChromium
Los Cacaos (Underground)Gold
Pueblo Viejo MineGold, Silver, Zinc, Copper
Pueblo Viejo/Montenegro (Surface)Gold, Silver

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.