Land Use Data for Latitude 9.75 Longitude -68.75

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

Locations

Parque Nacional Tirgua (General Manuel Manrique)

Agricultural Land Uses

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

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Cattle
Poultry

Crops

Bananas
Cereals and cereal products
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Fruit tree (forestry plantations only)
Fruits
Maize
Oranges

Growing Period (days)

210 to 239
240 to 269

Soil Types

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

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

20 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.