Table 8. Correlation between LST and buffer zone within the mining lands.

Factor		Averagearea	Averagetemperature	Maximumtemperature
Average temperature in buffer zone/ °C	100 m	0.35**	0.79**	0.71**
	200 m	0.07	0.41**	0.39**
	300 m	−0.01	0.31*	0.26
	400 m	−0.03	0.30*	0.25
	500 m	0.01	0.33*	0.30*
	600 m	0.02	0.33*	0.28*
	700 m	0.03	0.30*	0.27
	800 m	0.05	0.28*	0.28*
	900 m	0.09	0.28*	0.30*
	1,000 m	0.09	0.29*	0.29*
	1,100 m	0.09	0.29*	0.28*
	1,200 m	0.12	0.33*	0.30*
	1,300 m	0.10	0.32*	0.27
	1,400 m	0.08	0.29*	0.24
	1,500 m	0.10	0.28*	0.26

Notes.

^*p < 0.05.

^**p < 0.01.