Land Use Data for Latitude 14.25 Longitude -61.25

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

Locations

Rocher du Diamant
Windward Islands moist forests ecoregion

Agricultural Land Uses

Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Urban land

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics perhumid
Warm Tropics humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Growing Period (days)

300 to 329
330 to 359

Soil Types

Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

16 to 30

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
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.