KEY WORD: Land Use & Land Cover Map of Bumthang
PURPOSE: Referential, not for legal representation & administrative purpose
ABSTRACT: 1.17% of land is used for agriculture,horticulture and as built-up areas. 0.64% of areas are covered by water bodies and 12.258% by snow. It has 10.56% lands filled by rock outcrop. It has 51.11% of forest cover whereby mixed conifer dominates the forest. Other land cover includes 10.42% of meadow and 13.17% of shrub, 0.67% is moraines and 0.01% is marshy land (LULC percent is calculated using 2010 geospatial data)
