Land Use Data for Latitude 6.75 Longitude 80.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Ayagama Bodhinagala Delmella Gilimale-Eratna Karawita Kithulgala Sri Lanka lowland rain forests ecoregion Waratalgoda |
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
BuffaloesCattle
Poultry
Crops
Bananas (also in forestry plantations)Cereals and cereal products
Rice Paddy
Growing Period (days)
270 to 299300 to 329
330 to 359
above 360
Soil Types
AcrisolsCambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Plinthosols
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Slopes (degrees)
2 to 55 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
above 250Infant 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.
