Land Use Data for Latitude 18.25 Longitude -70.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Honduras |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Agro forestryForestry - Plantations
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics perhumidWarm Tropics humid
Livestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Crops
BananasCoffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Growing Period (days)
270 to 299300 to 329
330 to 359
Soil Types
Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
50 to 250above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
10 to 2020 to 30
30 to 40
50 to 75
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.
