| 1 |
Water bodies |
River, lakes, ponds, marshy land |
| 2 |
Barren area |
Sand, gravel, dry beds, flood plains without vegetation, landslide, snow feed area and no vegetation areas |
| 3 |
Grassland |
Grasslands, scattered shrub |
| 4 |
Riverine forest |
Simal (Bombax ceiba), Khair (Acacia catechu), Sisso (Dalbergia sissoo), Veller (Trewia nudiflora), Padke (Litsea doshia), Kutmero (Litsea monopetala) and associates plants |
| 5 |
Sal dominated forest |
Sal (Shorea robusta), Saj (Terminalia alata), Karma (Adina cordifolia) and associates plants |
| 6 |
Mixed forest |
Dhairo (Woodfordia fruticosa), Kyamuno (Syzygium cumini), Amaro (Spondias pinnata), Chilaune (Schima wallichii), Katus (Castanopsis tribuloides), Kafal (Myrica esculenta), Utis (Alnus nepalensis), Paiyu (Prunus cerasoides), Ritha (Sapindus mukorossi), Lapsi (Choerospondias axillaris), Champ (Michelia champaca), Rakchan (Daphniphyllum himalayense), Rhododendron and oak (Quercus spp), and associate plants |
| 7 |
Cropland |
Crop (e.g. paddy, maize, millet, mustard, wheat etc.) cultivated lands |
| 8 |
Developed area |
Urban and rural settlements, commercial areas, industrial areas, hydropower project areas, roads construction, airport |
