Land Use Data for Latitude -5.25 Longitude 141.25

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

Locations

Central Range montane rain forests ecoregion

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Plantations
Agriculture in protected areas

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics perhumid

Crops

Bananas
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)

Growing Period (days)

330 to 359
above 360

Soil Types

Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

50 to 75

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Ok Tedi (Surface)Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, Silver

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.