Land Use Data for Latitude 17.25 Longitude -88.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesForestry - PlantationsShrubs - Extensive pastoralism Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial) Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism EcosystemsWarm Tropics humidLivestockCattlePigs CropsBananasBananas (also in forestry plantations) Cereals and cereal products Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations) Maize Sugar Cane Sugar crops and sweeteners Growing Period (days)270 to 299300 to 329 Soil TypesCambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence) Leptosols (Shallow soils) TerrainPlain or plateauSlopes (degrees)0 to 0.50.5 to 2 2 to 5 5 to 8 Population Density (persons per km2)2 to 10Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)20 to 3030 to 40 Mineral Extraction
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. |