Land Use Data for Latitude 15.25 Longitude -61.25

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

Locations

L'llet
Morne Trois Pitons National Park
Morne Trois Pitons National Park
Point Des Foux

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Plantations
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Urban land

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics perhumid

Crops

Bananas
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)

Growing Period (days)

330 to 359
above 360

Soil Types

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

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5
5 to 8
16 to 30

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
50 to 250

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Deaux BranchesCopper
HotspringsGold

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.