Land Use Data for Latitude 18.25 Longitude -92.25

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

Locations

Pantanos de Centla ecoregion
Pantanos de Centla Biosphere Reserve

Agricultural Land Uses

Agriculture in protected areas

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics humid

Crops

Bananas
Bananas (also in forestry plantations)
Cereals and cereal products
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)

Growing Period (days)

270 to 299
300 to 329

Soil Types

Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
10 to 50

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.