Land Use Data for Latitude 5.25 Longitude -55.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Boven Coesewijne Nature Reserve (BCNR) |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - PlantationsRainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Agriculture in protected areas
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics perhumidLivestock
CattlePoultry
Crops
Bananas (also in forestry plantations)Cereals and cereal products
Rice Paddy
Growing Period (days)
330 to 359above 360
Soil Types
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)Histosols (Peat and muck soils)
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
Population Density (persons per km2)
0 to 22 to 10
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
30 to 40Agricultural 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.
