Land Use Data for Latitude -5.25 Longitude -66.75

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

Locations

Map

Juruá-Purus moist forests ecoregion

Agricultural Land Uses

Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics perhumid

Livestock

Goats
Sheep

Crops

Cassava
Roots tubers

Growing Period (days)

above 360

Soil Types

Acrisols
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Plinthosols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km²)

0
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

40 to 50

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.