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| Table 06 (Land ) | |||||||||||
| Natural Forest Area by District ( 1994 ) | , | ||||||||||
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| District | Montane Forest | Sub - Montane Forest | Lowland Rain Forest | Moist Monsoon Forest | Dry Monsoon Forest | Riverine Dry Forest | Mangrove | Spare Forest | Grand Total | ||
| Ampara | - | - | - | 45,190 | 69,265 | 10,160 | 292 | 41,760 | 166,667 | ||
| Anuradhapura | - | - | - | - | 180,083 | - | - | 116,693 | 296,776 | ||
| Badulla | 93 | 3,888 | 1,577 | 17,517 | 3,353 | - | - | 27,843 | 54,271 | ||
| Baticaloa | - | - | - | 13,302 | 21,770 | - | 1,421 | 16,325 | 52,818 | ||
| Colombo | - | - | 1,832 | - | - | - | - | 36 | 1,868 | ||
| Galle | - | - | 18,903 | - | - | - | 187 | 1,699 | 20,789 | ||
| Gampaha | - | - | 273 | 14 | - | - | 122 | 20 | 429 | ||
| Hanbanthota | - | - | 220 | 739 | 19,169 | 3,710 | 539 | 55,077 | 79,454 | ||
| Jaffna | - | - | - | - | 822 | - | 260 | 298 | 1,380 | ||
| Kaluthara | - | - | 20,240 | - | - | - | 70 | 1,266 | 21,576 | ||
| Kandy | 935 | 8,504 | 14,258 | 3,545 | - | - | - | 5,980 | 33,222 | ||
| Kegalle | - | 3,655 | 11,791 | - | - | - | - | 492 | 15,938 | ||
| Kilinochchi | - | - | - | - | 32,374 | - | 312 | 6,042 | 38,728 | ||
| Kurunegala | - | - | - | 1,827 | 8,153 | - | - | 14,766 | 24,746 | ||
| Mannar | - | - | - | - | 111,389 | 795 | 1,261 | 11,762 | 125,207 | ||
| Matale | 89 | 5,314 | 12,831 | 41,337 | 15,237 | - | - | 9,207 | 84,015 | ||
| Matara | - | 519 | 16,686 | 2,174 | 516 | - | 6 | 2,076 | 21,977 | ||
| Monaragala | - | 65 | 768 | 63,558 | 113,627 | 4,584 | - | 52,569 | 235,171 | ||
| Mullativu | - | - | - | - | 153,769 | - | 463 | 17,987 | 172,219 | ||
| Nuwara-Eliya | 1,943 | 31,078 | 3,977 | 2,649 | - | - | - | 3,273 | 42,920 | ||
| Polonnaruwa | - | - | - | 47,266 | 68,093 | 523 | - | 22,949 | 138,831 | ||
| Puttalam | - | - | - | - | 79,452 | 814 | 2,264 | 17,104 | 99,634 | ||
| Ratnapura | 48 | 15,816 | 38,194 | 4,755 | 3,545 | - | - | 4,491 | 66,849 | ||
| Trincomalee | - | - | - | 4 | 110,491 | 1,826 | 1,491 | 17,629 | 131,441 | ||
| Vavuniya | - | - | - | - | 103,182 | - | - | 16,503 | 119,685 | ||
| Total | 3,108 | 68,839 | 141,550 | 243,877 | 1,094,290 | 22,412 | 8,688 | 463,847 | 2,046,611 | ||
| % of the Total Land Area | 0.05 | 1.04 | 2.14 | 3.68 | 16.54 | 0.34 | 0.13 | 7.01 | 30.93 | ||
| © 2004, KRI (Kusaka Research Institute) | |||||||||||
| Source: | |||||||||||
| Statistical Compendium on Natural Resources Management Sri Lanka 2000, | |||||||||||
| Ministry of Forestry & Environment | |||||||||||
| Revised: 2004(y)/03(m)/27(d) | |||||||||||
| Chief Editor: | |||||||||||
| Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.) | |||||||||||
| The former Head, Department of Management Studies | |||||||||||
| University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. | |||||||||||