Research Article
Multidecadal Land Use Patterns and Land Surface Temperature Variation in Sri Lanka
Table 5
Agricultural land cover conversion statistics of Sri Lanka.
| Conversion | Area () | 2000–2010 | 2010–2020 |
| Agriculture to settlements | 485.13 | 1536.28 | Agriculture to bare lands | 4631.89 | 1322.12 | Agriculture to forest lands | 5220.31 | 7793.39 | Agriculture to waterbodies | 198.87 | 184.50 | Bare lands to agriculture | 6030.92 | 6401.28 | Forest lands to agriculture | 6492.78 | 6172.59 | Water bodies to agriculture | 317.35 | 148.61 |
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