Land Use Data for Latitude 16.25 Longitude -92.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Chiapas Depression dry forests ecoregion |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Agro forestryForestry - Plantations
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Urban land
Ecosystems
Cool Tropic mixedWarm Tropics humid
Warm Tropics sub-humid
Livestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
BananasBeans Dry
Cereals and cereal products
Coffee Green
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Grain (dried)
Maize
Stimulant crops
Growing Period (days)
180 to 209210 to 239
240 to 269
270 to 299
Soil Types
Leptosols (Shallow soils)Luvisols
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500
Slopes (degrees)
2 to 55 to 8
8 to 16
16 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)
20 to 3030 to 40
40 to 50
50 to 75
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.
