Land Use Data for Latitude 14.75 Longitude -61.25

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

Locations

Forêts du Nord et de la Montagne Pelée
Mangrove de Fort de France
Martinique Regional Nature Park
Massif forestier entre Le Diamant et les Trois-Îlets
Montagne Pelée Forest Biological Reserve
Pitons du Carbet

Agricultural Land Uses

Urban land

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics perhumid

Livestock

Pigs
Poultry

Growing Period (days)

330 to 359
above 360

Soil Types

Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 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.