Land Use Data for Latitude 16.75 Longitude -92.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Chiapas montane forests ecoregion |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Agro forestryForestry - Plantations
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Ecosystems
Cool Tropic mixedWarm Tropics humid
Warm Tropics sub-humid
Livestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Crops
BananasBananas (also in forestry plantations)
Cereals and cereal products
Coffee Green
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Maize
Stimulant crops
Growing Period (days)
240 to 269270 to 299
300 to 329
Soil Types
Leptosols (Shallow soils)Luvisols
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
10 to 5050 to 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
30 to 4040 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.
