Land Use Data for Latitude 6.25 Longitude 80.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Dediyagala Forest Reserve Delgoda / Kudumiriya / Kobahadukanda Dellawa / Diyadawa Kanneliya Forest Reserve Kanneliya Forest Reserve Morapitiya-Runakanda Nakiyadeniya / Kanneliya / Dediyagala Sinharaja Sinharaja Forest Reserve Yagirala |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Agro forestryForestry - Plantations
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics perhumidLivestock
BuffaloesCattle
Goats
Poultry
Crops
Bananas (also in forestry plantations)Cereals and cereal products
Rice Paddy
Growing Period (days)
330 to 359above 360
Soil Types
AcrisolsPlinthosols
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
2 to 55 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)
5 to 1010 to 20
20 to 30
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.
