Land Use Data for Latitude 19.25 Longitude -97.25

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

Locations

Cofre de Perote National Park
Lago de Las Minas
Laguna Alchichica
Pico de Orizaba National Park
Veracruz/Puebla Volcanoes

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Forestry - Agro forestry
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics humid

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Beans Dry
Cereals and cereal products
Coffee Green
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Grain (dried)
Maize
Stimulant crops

Growing Period (days)

240 to 269
270 to 299
300 to 329

Soil Types

Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)
Regosols (Other)

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

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.