Land Use Data for Latitude 10.75 Longitude -68.25

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

Locations

Cuare Wildlife Refuge
Morrocoy National Park
Morrocoy National Park
Parque Nacional Morrocoy
Refugio de Fauna Silvestre Cuare

Agricultural Land Uses

Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Poultry

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Maize

Growing Period (days)

150 to 179

Soil Types

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

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
5 to 8

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

10 to 20

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
LizardoPhosphorus-Phosphates

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.