Land Use Data for Latitude -25.75 Longitude -57.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Macizo Acahay Natural Monument |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherForestry - Agro forestry
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics perhumidLivestock
CattleGoats
Pigs
Poultry
Crops
Bananas (also in forestry plantations)Cereals and cereal products
Grain (dried)
Maize
Oil-bearing crops
Seed Cotton
Sugar Cane
Sugar crops and sweeteners
Growing Period (days)
330 to 359Soil Types
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Solonetz (Alkali and sodic)
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
Population Density (persons per km2)
00 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
10 to 2020 to 30
Mineral Extraction
| Site Name (Type) | Minerals |
|---|---|
| Carapegua Quarry | Stone |
| Iron Deposit Near Roque Gonzalez De Santa Cruz. | Iron |
| La Colmena | Lead |
| Pyrophyllite Prospect | Talc-Soapstone |
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.
