Published 1989 | Version v1
Journal article

Agro ecological zonification of the Putumayo Area

Description

The Agro ecological zonification of the Putumayo Area, defines and it quantifies reas according to environmental factors as climate, material parental and soil. In this work it is presented the astronomical localization, the geographical location and the detailed description of each of the agro ecological reas, that conform the Department. This zonification allowed through the delimitation of the different earth classes and of the quantification of the same ones, to extract fundamental information for the knowledge of the geography and for the planning of the agricultural and forest production in rational form. According to the study 85.8 percent of the lands corresponds to the warm thermal soil, 5.7 percent to the half soil, 7.2 percent to the cold and 1.3 percent to the very cold one and nival. As for the counties of humidity 91.6 percent presents humid climatic conditions and 8.4 percent it receives excessive humidity. The vocation of the lands of the Putumayo is however predominant forestall, some reas has possibilities of agricultural exploitation maintaining the vegetable covering. The reas of agricultural vocation has an extension of 43.250 there is equivalent to 1.7 percent of the department the forest areas have an extension of 2.445.250 there is. 27.4 percent presents an agricultural possibility and 30.7 percent they are areas of protection y/o reforestation

Additional details

Additional titles

Original title (Spanish)
Zonificacion agroecologica del Putumayo

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Revista ICA
Journal Volume
5
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 23-47
ISSN
0018-8794

INIS

Country of Publication
Colombia
Country of Input or Organization
Colombia
INIS RN
33069234
Subject category
S60: APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES;
Descriptors DEI
AGRICULTURE; CATTLE; CLIMATES; COLOMBIA; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; PLANNING; PRODUCTION; SOILS
Descriptors DEC
ANIMALS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DOMESTIC ANIMALS; GEOLOGY; LATIN AMERICA; MAMMALS; RUMINANTS; SOUTH AMERICA; VERTEBRATES