Land Use Data for Latitude 17.75 Longitude -66.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Jobos Bay |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Agro forestryRainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics humidWarm Tropics sub-humid
Livestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Crops
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)Roots tubers
Stimulant crops
Sugar Cane
Sugar crops and sweeteners
Growing Period (days)
240 to 269270 to 299
300 to 329
Soil Types
AcrisolsCambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)
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)
02 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250
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.
