Land Use Data for Latitude 6.75 Longitude 80.75

Area 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 forestry
Forestry - 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 humid
Cool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics perhumid
Warm Tropics humid

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Goats
Poultry

Crops

Bananas (also in forestry plantations)
Cereals and cereal products
Rice Paddy

Growing Period (days)

270 to 299
300 to 329
330 to 359
above 360

Soil Types

Acrisols
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Luvisols

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

10 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.