Kerala State Remote Sensing & Envn

Kasargod Kasargod

5A3A7

5A3A4 Kozhikode Kozhikode 5A2C6 4B3E6 Ernakulam Ernakulam Alappuzha Alappuzha 5A1C3 Palakkad Palakkad 5A2B3 5A1B2 Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram 5A1A3 5A1D3 Administrative Watershed Base 24% 7% atln ra:4.60 Percent Wasteland Area : 1788.80 sq. km. Total Wasteland Area : Total Geog. Area (TGA) :38863.00 sq. km. Note: Refer legend for category 3% AREA STATISTICS 9 10 11% 8 13 Kasargod 4 15% 2 40% Kozhikode Ernakulam Alappuzha Palakkad Thiruvananthapuram National Remote Sensing Agency Source: Wasteland Maps - 2003 on 1:50,000 scale (Based IRS Satellite LEGEND Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500 037 Land Use Division, RS & GIS AA Kerala State Remote Sensing & Envn. Centre Dept. of Space, Govt. India, LISS - III Imagery, Wasteland Maps (1986 - 2000), limited field check, Revenue Records / Maps. Co-ordinated by: reservoir) (river, tank, Water bodies WASTELAND MAP (8) Degraded forest - Current (7) Shifting cultivation - Abandoned (6) Shifting cultivation (5) Saline / Alkaline marshy (4) Waterlogged and scrub (3) Land without (2) Land with scrub ravinous (1) Gullied and / or Dist. Boundary State Boundary Intern. Boundary Taluk Boundary Thiruvananthapuram - 695033 Vikas Bhawan Prepared by: 2 0 3 OTHERS Kerala Settlement Govt. of India, New Delhi - 110011 Min. of Rural Development G - Wing, Nirman Bhawan, Dept. of Land Resources / coastal (11) Sand - Inland nrsa and / Glacial (15) Snow covered Steep sloping (14) Stony waste (13) Barren rocky / waste (12) Mining / Industrial plantation crops(10) Degraded and grazing land (9) Degraded pasture Sponsored by: Railway Line Major Roads River For Official Use / river bed) Sand (tank 05.Land without scrub 04.Land with scrub 03.Gullied and /or ravinous land (Deep) 02.Gullied and /or ravinous land (Medium) 01.Gullied and /or ravinous land (Shallow)

KERALA Category 10.Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Slight) 09.Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Moderate) 08.Land affected by salinity/alkalinity (Strong) 07.Waterlogged and Marshy land (Seasonal) 06.Waterlogged and Marshy land (Permanent) TOTAL % to TGA TGA 27 16 14 26 25 24 23 22 19 18 15 13 12 10 20 28 17 21 11 7 8 5 9 6 4 3 2 1 Alapp- uzha 52 17.80 45.22 52 149.88 45.22 442997 1414 .05.00 3.20 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.25 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.38 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.11 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.80 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 12.59 0.00 0.00 0.00 104.95 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Canna- nore Ernak- 7.6488.88 170.96 ulam 02 57.19 20.22 154.84 66.68 19 0.00 61.99 181.65 12.45 485019 2408 .09.74 7.10 0.00 0.00 0.00 6.48 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.36 0.00 0.00 3.20 0.00 2.45 90.35 0.00 0.33 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.65 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Idukki 15.Degraded pastures/grazing land 14.Under utilised/degraded notified forest land(Agri.) 13.Under utilised/degraded notified forest land 12.Shifting cultivation area (Current Jhum) 11.Shifting cultivation area (Abandoned Jhum) Kasar- agod 1.40.23 118.54 3.138.78 131.41 912583 1961 .01.50 6.70 0.00 1.77 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.95 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.85 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.70 0.00 0.00 0.00 20.25 0.00 2.24 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 9.43 0.00 0.00 0.96 0.33 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 .11.61 5.91 3.51 1.91 Kollam otymKozhi- Kottayam 240 2345 2204.00 93 71.71 59.38 13.25 45.47 .93.06 2.69 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.96 16.06 0.00 3.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.89 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 13.32 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.52 0.81 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.76 0.20 0.00 0.00 24.42 0.00 8.43 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 kode 20.Sands-(Semi Stab.-Stab>40m) 19.Sands-(Coastal Sand) 18.Sands-(Levees) 17.Sands-(Flood Plain) 16.Degraded land under plantation crop Malap- puram 3.1230.46 132.01 19 31.99 21.96 0.82 18.85 112.09 67.14 584392 3548 .25.25 3.72 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.37 0.00 7.06 8.12 0.00 4.17 0.00 75.13 0.00 6.87 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.37 0.53 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Palghat amthitta Pathan- 46 43.72 64.63 10.92 12.49 0.00 22.93 10.60 26.24 622186 2642 .52.00 2.45 0.00 0.54 0.00 0.00 0.98 0.94 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 7.07 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.54 0.00 0.22 0.00 0.20 4.12 0.36 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.99 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 .10.00 7.21 Thiruvana- nthapuram 25.Industrial Wastelands 24.Mining Wastelands 23.Sands-(Closely Spaced Inter-Dune Area) 22.Sands-(Semi Stab. to low<15m) 21.Sands-(Semi Stab.-Stab Moder. High 15-40m) hisrWayan- Thrissur 28 78.87 82.89 5.55 41.19 0.00 30.04 022132 3032 .33.70 2.73 0.00 1.88 0.00 2.55 3.95 0.00 4.34 0.29 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.19 0.00 8.13 0.17 0.00 2.14 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 57.28 0.33 0.00 0.73 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 ad Area in Sq km 1788.80 Total 193.49 124.00 425.53 248.49 691.26 38863 17.56 51.56 19.94 11.55 4.60 0.00 0.00 2.18 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.24 0.00 0.00 0.00 TGA: TotalGeographical Area Total Wasteland Area 28.Snow covered and/or Glacial Area 27.Steep Sloping Area 26.Barren Rocky/Stone Waste/Sheet Rock Area

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