Land Use Data for Latitude 18.75 Longitude -70.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Loma La Humeadora |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Agro forestryShrubs - 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 perhumidWarm Tropics humid
Livestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Crops
BananasCoffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Growing Period (days)
300 to 329330 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 plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
Population Density (persons per km2)
50 to 250above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
20 to 3050 to 75
Mineral Extraction
| Site Name (Type) | Minerals |
|---|---|
| Iron | |
| Manganese | |
| Manganese, Cobalt, Nickel | |
| Clay | |
| (Facility) Falcondo Bonao Ni Mine and Smelter (Surface) | Nickel |
| Altagracia | Gold |
| Cerro Maimon | Copper |
| Falconbridge Dominicana Mines | Iron, Nickel, Cobalt |
| Falcondo Ferronickel Plant (Processing Plant) | Nickel |
| Loma Peguera Chromite Prospect | Chromium |
| Los Cacaos (Underground) | Gold |
| Pueblo Viejo Mine | Gold, 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.
