Land Use Data for Latitude 14.75 Longitude -88.25

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

Locations

Lago de Yojoa Multiple Use Reserve
Montaña Santa Bárbara National Park
Montaña Santa Bárbara National Park
Montaña Verde Wildlife Refuge

Agricultural Land Uses

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

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Bananas
Bananas (also in forestry plantations)
Beans Dry
Cereals and cereal products
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Grain (dried)
Maize

Growing Period (days)

270 to 299
300 to 329

Soil Types

Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Kastanozems (Dark brown soils rich in organic matter)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Nitisols (Deep, well-drained, red, tropical soils with a clayey subsurface)
Regosols (Other)

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

30 to 40

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Benjamin MineAntimony
Cruz GrandeAntimony
D.M. El CalicheAntimony
El MochitoLead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Cadmium, Copper
Loma Chamusca DepositCopper, Zinc
PedernalesAntimony
Puente Del DiabloGold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
Soledad MineGold, Lead, Silver, Zinc

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.