Land Use Data for Latitude 6.25 Longitude 81.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Bundala complex Wirawila Tank Yala Yala (Ruhuna) National Park |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Agro forestryForestry - Plantations
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Ecosystems
Warm Tropics perhumidWarm Tropics humid
Livestock
BuffaloesCattle
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
AcrisolsLuvisols
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 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)
2 to 520 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.
