Land Use Data for Latitude -7.75 Longitude 19.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Lago Carumbo |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherForestry - Plantations
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics humidWarm Tropics sub-humid
Livestock
CattleGoats
Pigs
Poultry
Crops
Bananas (also in forestry plantations)Growing Period (days)
240 to 269270 to 299
Soil Types
Arenosols (Sandy)Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
Population Density (persons per km2)
0 to 22 to 10
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
above 100Agricultural 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.
