Land Use Data for Latitude -20.75 Longitude -68.25

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

Locations

Central Andean puna ecoregion

Agricultural Land Uses

Bare areas - Extensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Deserts

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Sheep

Growing Period (days)

0
1 to 29

Soil Types

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

Terrain

Mountain > 2500

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

0

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

75 to 100

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Cerro Chela OccurrenceSulfur
Cerro Cono OccurrenceSulfur
Milluri MineSulfur
Pajoncha DepositBoron-Borates, Halite
Salar De La LagunaSodium, Halite
Salar LaguaniBoron-Borates, Halite
Volcan Olca MinesSulfur

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.