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Thimmamma Marrimanu

PJeganathan · CC BY-SA 4.0

3% trees around it and 15 species recorded.

  • trees within 3 km3%
  • wild within 10 km50%
  • species recorded15
  • Altitude578 m

The forest around

3% 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 3%Shrubland 15%Grassland 9%Cropland 73%Built-up 1%Trees 3%Shrubland 46%Grassland 16%Bare ground 0%Cropland 36%Built-up 0%Trees 2%Shrubland 47%Grassland 6%Cropland 45%Built-up 0%Trees 2%Shrubland 38%Grassland 5%Water 0%Bare ground 1%Cropland 53%Built-up 1%3%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km3%
  • 1–3 km3%
  • 3–6 km2%
  • 6–10 km2%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees3%
  • Shrubland46%
  • Grassland16%
  • Water0%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Cropland36%
  • Built-up0%

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

Who lives here

15 species recorded.

The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.

Curryleaftree
CurryleaftreeMurraya koenigii59 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Indian banyan
Indian banyanFicus benghalensis2 recordsAhoerstemeier · CC BY-SA 3.0

Open records within 2 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

13out of 100

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

  • 3%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 50%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 15Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
  • 578 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in December.

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

  1. Jan29°14°5 mm
  2. Feb33°16°4 mm
  3. Mar36°20°14 mm
  4. Apr38°23°33 mm
  5. May36°24°74 mm
  6. Jun32°22°67 mm
  7. Jul30°21°84 mm
  8. Aug30°21°93 mm
  9. Sep29°20°132 mm
  10. Oct28°20°142 mm
  11. Nov27°17°66 mm
  12. Dec27°15°20 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Thimmamma Marrimanu.

Banyan tree with the world's broadest known crown

Thimmamma Marrimanu is a notable tree in India, 578 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 3% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 50% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

15 species have been recorded around it: 2 plants, 0 fungi, 13 birds and 0 mammals.

The best time to walk is in December.

Thimmamma Marrimanu Anantapur dt Andhra JEG9100
PJeganathan · CC BY-SA 4.0

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.

Thimmamma Marrimanu 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

  • 1named and notable trees within 6 kmThimmamma Marrimanu
  • marked trails within 5 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.

Photographs

The forest, as people saw it.

Thimmamma Marrimanu Anantapur dt Andhra JEG9125 (cropped)
PJeganathan · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Thimmamma Marrimanu

India

  • 13Forestyas Score
  • 3%Trees
  • 50%Wild
  • 15Species

Lalbagh Botanical Garden, Bangalore

India · 144 km

  • 36Forestyas Score
  • 21%Trees
  • 24%Wild
  • 304Species

See the guide

Turahalli Forest

India · 154 km

  • 36Forestyas Score
  • 25%Trees
  • 44%Wild
  • 400Species

See the guide

Dodda Alada Mara

India · 160 km

  • 27Forestyas Score
  • 14%Trees
  • 54%Wild
  • 109Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q7784222) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species132 open records within 2 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only)
See these recordsgbif.org
Names and photosWikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
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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