Land Use Data for Latitude 17.25 Longitude -95.75

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

Locations

Sierra Norte de Oaxaca II

Agricultural Land Uses

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

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Bananas
Cereals and cereal products
Coffee Green
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Maize
Stimulant crops
Sugar Cane
Sugar crops and sweeteners

Growing Period (days)

180 to 209
210 to 239

Soil Types

Acrisols
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

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

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

20 to 30
30 to 40
40 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.