Land Use Data for Latitude 5.25 Longitude -57.25

Locations

North-West Suriname IBA

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Plantations
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics perhumid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Bananas (also in forestry plantations)
Cereals and cereal products
Rice Paddy

Growing Period (days)

330 to 359

Soil Types

Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Plinthosols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km²)

2 to 10

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

30 to 40
40 to 50
50 to 75