Land Use Data for Latitude 19.25 Longitude -98.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Iztaccihuatl-Popocatepetl National Park Volcanes Iztaccíhuatl-Popocatépetl |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherForestry - Plantations
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Cool Tropic mixedLivestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
Beans DryCereals and cereal products
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Maize
Wheat
Growing Period (days)
150 to 179180 to 209
Soil Types
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
Population Density (persons per km2)
2 to 1010 to 50
50 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
10 to 2020 to 30
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.
