Land Use Data for Latitude 18.25 Longitude -89.75

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

Locations

Map

Reserva de la Biosfera de Calakmul

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Plantations
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Agriculture in protected areas

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs

Crops

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

Growing Period (days)

180 to 209
210 to 239

Soil Types

Leptosols (Shallow soils)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8

Population Density (persons per km²)

2 to 10

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.