Land Use Data for Latitude 15.75 Longitude -89.25

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

Locations

Rio Chajmaic-Sierra Sta Cruz-Semuy and surrounding areas

Agricultural Land Uses

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

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Bananas (also in forestry plantations)
Cereals and cereal products

Growing Period (days)

300 to 329

Soil Types

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

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

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.