Land Use Data for Latitude -15.25 Longitude -67.25

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

Locations

Yungas Inferiores de Pilón Lajas

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Plantations
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Agriculture in protected areas

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics humid

Crops

Bananas (also in forestry plantations)
Cereals and cereal products
Fruits
Maize
Plantains
Rice Paddy

Growing Period (days)

270 to 299
300 to 329

Soil Types

Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)

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)

0 to 2

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

50 to 75

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.