Geography and Topography of Bali

Geographical Location, Administrative Boundaries, and Area

Geographically, Bali is located at 8 ° 3'40 "- 8 ° 50'48" south latitude and 114 ° 25'53 "- 115 ° 42'40" east longitude. Relief and topography of the island of Bali in the middle of mountains stretching lengthwise from west to east.

Province of Bali lies between Java and Lombok Island. Physical limits are as follows:
    * North: Bali Sea
    * East: the Straits of Lombok (West Nusa Tenggara Province)
    * South: Samudera Indonesia
    * West: Bali Strait (East Java Province)
Administratively, the province of Bali is divided into eight districts and one city, the district of Jembrana, Tabanan, Badung, Gianyar, Karangasem, Klungkung, Bangli, Buleleng, and Denpasar which is also the provincial capital. In addition to Bali Island of Bali is also comprised of other small islands, namely Pulau Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan, and Nusa Ceningan in Klungkung regency, island attack in the area of Denpasar, and Menjangan Island in Buleleng Regency. The total area of the Province of Bali is 5634.40 ha to reach the 529 km long coastline

Topographi
Bali Province is mountains and hills that cover 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 (3142 m) and Mount Batur (1717 m). Several other inactive volcano reached an altitude between 1000-2000 m.
Mountain chain stretching across the center of the island of Bali lead this region is geographically divided into two distinct sections, namely North Bali with a narrow lowland foothills and mountains and lowland South Bali with a wide and sloping. Judging from the slope, the island of Bali, composed mostly of land with a slope between 0-2% to 15-40%. The rest is a land with a slope of above 40%.
As one of the criteria for determining the level of suitability of land, then land with a slope below 40% in general can be sought from others to determine land requirements are met. While the land with a slope of above 40% require special attention when would be the cultivation.
Land with a slope of 0-2%, dominate the southern coastal region and some parts of the northern coast of Bali, with a total area of 96.129 ha. While the land with a slope of 2-15%, mostly located in the regency of Badung, Tabanan, Gianyar, Buleleng, and the rest spread evenly in the area around the beach with a wide reach 132,056 ha.
Areas with a slope of 15-40% covering an area of 164,749 ha is predominantly found in the area of the middle island of Bali, following a row of hills that stretches from west to east region. Areas with slopes exceeding 40% is mountains and hills located on the island of Nusa Penida.
Judging from the altitude, the island of Bali consists of a group of land as follows:

• Land with a height of 00-50 m above sea level have a fairly flat surface covering an area of 77321.38 ha.
• Land with a height of 50-100 m above sea level has a wavy surface with broad, wavy to 60620.34 ha.
• Land with a height of 100-500 m in an area of 211,923.85 ha, dominated by the state until the hilly bumpy surface.
• Land with a height of 500-1000 m above sea level covering an area of 145,188.61 ha.
• Land with an altitude above 1,000 m above sea level covering an area of 68231.90 ha.