Land Use Data for Latitude 9.25 Longitude -62.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Orinoco wetlands ecoregion |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherRainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Wetlands - Mangrove
Open Water - Inland Fisheries
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics humidLivestock
CattleGoats
Pigs
Poultry
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsMaize
Rice Paddy
Growing Period (days)
270 to 299Soil Types
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)Histosols (Peat and muck soils)
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
Population Density (persons per km2)
0 to 22 to 10
10 to 50
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
20 to 30Agricultural 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.
