Land Use Data for Latitude 16.75 Longitude -88.25

Area 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 forestry
Forestry - Plantations
Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism
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

Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
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.