Nepal Monitor

Local unit · Salyan district · Karnali Province

Tribeni: land cover and map

Forest land is the largest land cover in Tribeni, at 72.3% of its area. Forest covers 72.3% (about the same as the Salyan district average of 64.8%), farmland 1.4%, rangeland 24.6%, built-up land 1.5%, bare land, rock and snow 0.0% and water 0.2%.

Area
119 km²
Local unit, Salyan district
Forest (2025)
72.3%
101st of 775 local units
Built-up (2025)
1.5%
−0.2 points since 2017

Land cover of Tribeni in 2025

Urban land 1.5%Agriculture land 1.4%Rangeland 24.6%Forest land 72.3%Water 0.2%Barren land 0.0%
Show the numbers
Land cover of Tribeni
Class2017 (%)2025 (%)Change (points)Area 2025 (km²)
Urban land1.71.5−0.21.8
Agriculture land1.91.4−0.51.6
Rangeland24.824.6−0.229.2
Forest land71.572.3+0.886.1
Water0.10.2+0.10.2
Barren land0.10.0−0.00.0

Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m annual land-cover map, translated to the paper's seven classes and clipped to the boundary of Tribeni.

How Tribeni changed from 2017 to 2025

2017 (compare with 2025 above):

Urban land 1.7%Agriculture land 1.9%Rangeland 24.8%Forest land 71.5%Water 0.1%Barren land 0.1%

Forest land +0.8 percentage points (+0.96 km²); Agriculture land −0.5 percentage points (−0.64 km²); Rangeland −0.2 percentage points (−0.24 km²).

Other local units in Salyan district

Questions about Tribeni

What is the forest cover of Tribeni?
Forest covers about 72.3% of Tribeni (86.1 km²) in the 2025 10 m land-cover map, about the same as the Salyan district average of 64.8%.
How much of Tribeni is built-up?
Built-up land covers 1.5% (1.8 km²), −0.2 percentage points since 2017. Tribeni ranks 451st of 775 local units in Nepal for built-up share.
Where is Tribeni?
Tribeni is a local unit (municipality or rural municipality) in Salyan district, Karnali Province, Nepal, covering 119 km².

Source: Impact Observatory / Esri 10 m land cover (CC BY 4.0); boundaries: Survey Department of Nepal via OCHA.