Land Use Data for Latitude 17.25 Longitude -97.75

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

Locations

Centro Sierra Triqui-Mixteca

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Agro forestry
Forestry - Plantations
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)

Growing Period (days)

180 to 209
210 to 239
240 to 269

Soil Types

Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Regosols (Other)

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

0 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

20 to 30
30 to 40

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.