Land Use Data for Latitude 9.75 Longitude -66.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| La Costa xeric shrublands ecoregion |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Agro forestryForestry - Plantations
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Urban land
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics sub-humidLivestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Crops
BananasCereals and cereal products
Fruit tree (forestry plantations only)
Fruits
Maize
Oranges
Plantains
Growing Period (days)
240 to 269Soil Types
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
00 to 2
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
10 to 20Agricultural 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.
