Land Use Data for Latitude 9.25 Longitude -61.25

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

Locations

Delta del Orinoco Biosphere Reserve
Mariusa National Park
Parque Nacional Mariusa-Delta del Orinoco

Agricultural Land Uses

Agriculture in protected areas

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics humid

Crops

Cereals and cereal products

Growing Period (days)

300 to 329

Soil Types

Histosols (Peat and muck soils)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0 to 0.5
0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km2)

0

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

20 to 30

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.