Land Use Data for Latitude 6.25 Longitude 80.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Delwela / Panilkanda / Walankanda Morningside and Handapan Ella Plains Uda Walawe National Park Udawalawa |
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
Mediterranean humidCool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics perhumid
Livestock
BuffaloesCattle
Goats
Pigs
Poultry
Crops
Bananas (also in forestry plantations)Cereals and cereal products
Rice Paddy
Growing Period (days)
330 to 359above 360
Soil Types
AcrisolsLuvisols
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
10 to 5050 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
2 to 510 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.
