Land Use Data for Latitude 15.75 Longitude -96.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Sierra de Miahuatlán |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Agro forestryForestry - Plantations
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Cool Tropic mixedWarm Tropics drylands
Livestock
CattleGoats
Pigs
Poultry
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsCoffee Green
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Maize
Stimulant crops
Growing Period (days)
120 to 149150 to 179
180 to 209
Soil Types
Leptosols (Shallow soils)Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)
Terrain
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500
Slopes (degrees)
5 to 816 to 30
30 to 45
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
2 to 1010 to 50
50 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
30 to 4040 to 50
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.
