Land Use Data for Latitude 8.25 Longitude 80.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Anuradhapura Usgala Siyambalanduwa Wilpattu National Park |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherForestry - Agro forestry
Forestry - Plantations
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)
Agriculture in protected areas
Urban land
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics sub-humidWarm Tropics drylands
Livestock
BuffaloesCattle
Poultry
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsCoffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Rice Paddy
Growing Period (days)
150 to 179180 to 209
Soil Types
Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)Luvisols
Solonchaks (Saline)
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
Population Density (persons per km2)
10 to 5050 to 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
2 to 55 to 10
10 to 20
20 to 30
Mineral Extraction
| Site Name (Type) | Minerals |
|---|---|
| Eppawella Project | Phosphorus-Phosphates |
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.
