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Topographi areas in Bali


Bali province is mountainous and hilly areas covering most areas. Relief island of Bali is a mountain chain that extends from west to east. Among the mountains there are still active volcanoes, namely Gunung Agung (3,142 m) and Mount Batur (1,717 m). Some other inactive mountain reaches a height of between 1000-2000 m.

Mountain chain that stretches across the center of the island led to the region is geographically divided into two distinct parts, namely North Bali with a narrow lowland of the foothills and mountains and South Bali with a broad lowland and sloping. Judging from the slope of the slope, the island consists mostly of land with a slope of between 0-2% up to 15-40%. The rest is a land with a slope of over 40%.


As one of the criteria for determining the suitability of land, then land with a slope below 40% are generally cultivated for the determination of the origin of the other requirements are met land. While the slopes above 40% will require attention when used as the cultivation.

Land with a slope of 0-2% dominate the coastal areas of the south and a small portion north coast of Bali, with a total area of ​​96.129 ha. Whereas slopes 2-15% are mostly found in the district of Badung, Tabanan, Gianyar, Buleleng, and the rest spread evenly around the beach area with an area of ​​132 056 ha.

Areas with a slope of 15-40% covers an area of ​​164 749 ha is predominantly found in the central part of the island of Bali, following a row of hills that stretch from west to east this region. Areas with a slope exceeding 40% is mountains and hills located on the island of Nusa Penida.

In terms of altitude, Bali Island group consists of the following fields:

* Land with a height of 0-50 m above sea level have a fairly gentle surface covering an area of ​​77321.38 ha.
* Land with a height of 50-100 m above sea level have wavy to undulating surface with an area of ​​60620.34 ha.
* Land with a height of 100-500 m in an area of ​​211,923.85 ha dominated by the state of the surface undulating to hilly.
* Land with a height of 500-1000 m above sea level, covering an area of ​​145,188.61 ha.
* Land at altitudes above 1,000 m above sea level covering an area of ​​68231.90 ha.