Land Use Data for Latitude 17.25 Longitude -61.75

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

Locations

Bethesda Dam
Christian Cove
Christian Valley
Fitches Creek Bay
Hanson's Bay – Flashes
McKinnons Salt Pond
Offshore Islands
Potworks Dam
Valley Church Bay
Wallings Forest

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Plantations

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics sub-humid

Crops

Bananas (also in forestry plantations)

Growing Period (days)

240 to 269

Soil Types

Luvisols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2

Population Density (persons per km²)

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)	Minerals
Bendals Quarry	Gold
English Harbor	Gold, Barium-Barite
Fisher Hill	Gold
Saddle Hill	Gold
Sugarloaf Hill	Gold, Copper, Barium-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.