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Herbarium and Botanical Garden, Shah Abdul Latif University

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

4% of the land around it is trees.

5Forestyas Score

Arboretum

  • trees within 3 km4%
  • wild within 10 km38%

The forest around

4% trees.

Read like the rings of a cut trunk: from the centre out, the land within 1, 3, 6 and 10 km, coloured by what covers it.

Trees 4%Shrubland 3%Grassland 7%Bare ground 12%Cropland 66%Built-up 8%Trees 4%Shrubland 4%Grassland 5%Bare ground 16%Cropland 65%Built-up 5%Trees 6%Shrubland 5%Grassland 6%Bare ground 20%Cropland 61%Built-up 2%Trees 5%Shrubland 5%Grassland 7%Water 1%Bare ground 22%Cropland 58%Built-up 2%4%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km4%
  • 1–3 km4%
  • 3–6 km6%
  • 6–10 km5%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees4%
  • Shrubland4%
  • Grassland5%
  • Water0%
  • Bare ground16%
  • Cropland65%
  • Built-up5%

ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m, from Sentinel satellites), sampled every 120 m. A clearing, a road or a lake counts as what it is.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

5out of 100

Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).

  • 4%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 38%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km

When to walk

Best for walking from December to January.

How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.

  1. Jan26°10°3 mm
  2. Feb30°13°2 mm
  3. Mar36°18°3 mm
  4. Apr41°23°2 mm
  5. May43°26°9 mm
  6. Jun42°28°15 mm
  7. Jul39°28°64 mm
  8. Aug37°26°78 mm
  9. Sep38°25°36 mm
  10. Oct38°22°5 mm
  11. Nov33°17°3 mm
  12. Dec27°11°4 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Herbarium and Botanical Garden, Shah Abdul Latif University.

Herbarium and Botanical Garden, Shah Abdul Latif University is an arboretum in Pakistan.

Seen from space, 4% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 38% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

The best time to walk is from December to January.

Herbarium and Botanical Garden, Shah Abdul Latif University seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

Get there and walk

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

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From above

The forest and its surroundings.

The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the trails, notable trees, picnic sites and huts that OpenStreetMap shows.

Herbarium and Botanical Garden, Shah Abdul Latif University seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

    • marked trails within 5 km
    • named and notable trees within 6 km
    • picnic sites within 4 km
    • shelters and huts within 6 km
    • viewpoints within 5 km
    • visitor centres within 6 km
    • car parks within 3 km
    • campsites within 10 km
    • places to stay within 10 km
    • restaurants and cafés within 3 km

    Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

    Other forests nearby.

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    • 14Forestyas Score
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    See the guide

    Where these figures come from

    Name and typeWikidata (Q5733324) · CC0
    Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
    AltitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
    Temperature and rainNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
    What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
    ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons

    Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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