Land Use Data for Latitude 13.25 Longitude -88.25

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

Locations

El Jocotal Lagoon Wildlife Refuge
Jucuarán Hills
Lake Olomega
San Miguel Volcano/El Jocotal Lagoon

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Agro forestry
Forestry - Plantations
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

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

Growing Period (days)

210 to 239

Soil Types

Andosols (Black soils of volcanic landscapes)
Phaeozems (Dark soils rich in organic matter)
Regosols (Other)

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

0 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

30 to 40
40 to 50

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Laguna AlegriaSulfur

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.