Land Use Data for Latitude 17.25 Longitude -90.25

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

Locations

Maya
Maya UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
Maya-Lacandon

Agricultural Land Uses

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

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics humid
Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

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

Growing Period (days)

240 to 269
270 to 299

Soil Types

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

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
0 to 2
2 to 10

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

30 to 40

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Buena VistaGypsum-Anhydrite
Paso CaballosGypsum-Anhydrite

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.