Land Use Data for Latitude 17.25 Longitude -98.75

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

Locations

Sierra Madre del Sur pine-oak forests ecoregion

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Forestry - Agro forestry
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics sub-humid
Warm Tropics drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Maize

Growing Period (days)

150 to 179
180 to 209

Soil Types

Regosols (Other)

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

20 to 30
30 to 40
40 to 50
50 to 75

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.