Land Use Data for Latitude 17.75 Longitude -67.25

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

Locations

Guanica Biosphere Reserve
Sierra Bermeja and Laguna Cartagena
Suroeste

Agricultural Land Uses

Urban land

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics humid
Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Cattle
Poultry

Crops

Roots tubers
Stimulant crops
Sugar crops and sweeteners

Growing Period (days)

240 to 269
270 to 299

Soil Types

Acrisols
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)

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)

50 to 250
above 250

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
 Stone, Crushed/Broken
 Dolomite
 Barium-Barite
Negroni PropertyBarium-Barite

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.