Land Use Data for Latitude 20.25 Longitude -102.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Bajío dry forests ecoregion |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherGrasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Cool Tropic mixedLivestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Crops
Beans DryCereals and cereal products
Grain (dried)
Maize
Wheat
Growing Period (days)
150 to 179Soil Types
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)Vertisols (Heavy clay)
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
Population Density (persons per km2)
2 to 1010 to 50
50 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
20 to 30Agricultural 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.
