Land Use Data for Latitude 7.25 Longitude 80.75

Locations

Central Highlands of Sri Lanka Gannoruwa Forest Reserve Knuckles Knuckles Range Udawattakele Victoria - Randenigala - Rantambe Sanctuary

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Agro forestry
Forestry - Plantations
Grasslands - Extensive 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 in protected areas
Urban land

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics perhumid
Warm Tropics humid
Warm Tropics sub-humid

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Goats
Poultry

Crops

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

Growing Period (days)

240 to 269
270 to 299
300 to 329
330 to 359

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

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
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