Land Use Data for Latitude 15.75 Longitude -88.75

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

Locations

Cerro San Gil Watershed Protection Reserve
Guatemalan Caribbean Slope
Reserva Santuario de las Aves Private Natural Reserve
Sarstoon Temash National Park

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Plantations
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs

Crops

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

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)
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Planosols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10

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.