Land Use Data for Latitude 16.75 Longitude -88.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Belize Coastal and near shore islands Belize Off-shore and Barrier Islands |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Agro forestryForestry - Plantations
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics humidLivestock
CattlePigs
Crops
Bananas (also in forestry plantations)Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Rice Paddy
Growing Period (days)
300 to 329Soil Types
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
16 to 30
Population Density (persons per km2)
2 to 10Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
30 to 40Agricultural 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.
