Table 9.1 Description of the study area
Sample
collection
points
Character
Location Latitude
Longitude
Area
(km
2
)
Elevation
(m)
Darap
Semidisturbed
forest
Forest
check
post,
Darap
27
18
0 15.4
00 N 88
11
0 15.5
00 E 0.5
1567
Limuli
Khola
Undisturbed
forest
Near
waterfall
27
17
0 59.7
00 N 88
10
0 52.4
00 E 1.5
1600
Tikjuk
Disturbed
forest
Near
DFO
office
27
17
0 52.8
00 N 88
14
0 59.4
00 E 1.5
1834
Tree category
Natural
regeneration
Elaeocarpus sikkimensis, Engelhardtia spp., Ichnocarpus dasycarpus,
Castonopsis indica, Betula alnoides, Beilschamiedia spp.
Native
Alnus nepalensis, Acer oblongum, Bambusa nutans, Casearia glomerata,
Castonopsis indica, Castonopsis tribuloides, Duabanga sonneratiodes, Ficus
hookerii, Juglans regia, Litsea polyantha, Machilus spp., Magnolia campbellii,
Michelia excelsa, Nyssa sessiliflora, Prunus nepalensis, Quercus spp.
Exotic
Cryptomeria japonica, Juniperus spp. Cupressus spp.
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Fig. 9.2 Conjectural stormwater flow model
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