Land Use Data for Latitude 6.75 Longitude 80.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Agrapatana-Bopaththalawa Bambarabotuwa Dikoya Dotalugala / Rassagala Hakgala / Meepilimana Haputale Horton plains / Ohiya / Pattipola-Ambewela Horton Plains and Agra-Bopats Horton Plains National Park Kandapola Sita Eliya Forest Reserve Nuwara Eliya Peak Wilderness Peak Wilderness (Samanala) Sanctuary Peak Wilderness Sanctuary Sri Lanka montane rain forests ecoregion Tangamalai |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Agro forestryForestry - Plantations
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Agriculture in protected areas
Urban land
Ecosystems
Mediterranean humidCool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics perhumid
Warm Tropics humid
Livestock
BuffaloesCattle
Goats
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)
Luvisols
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
Population Density (persons per km2)
10 to 5050 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
10 to 2020 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.
