CKNP has been divided in 20 valleys on the basis of a physiographic base using the available GDEM
These protected areas were defined on the basis of the presence of ecological features and were discussed with the local communities. Specific management rules have been approved in the Management Plan.
The villages small town were divided in two layers. This layers has the small settlements. Data were collected in the field and ffrom existing maps and local information.
The Glaciers from Landsat imagery were mapped from visual interpretation
CKNP Core Zone has been produced in the framework of the SEED Project
In the SEED maps the GDEM with 30 m of resolution was adopted.
The main peaks in the CKNP are shown in this layer.
The Land cover map has been produced in the SEED project from Landsat satellite data applying a semi-authomatic classification.
In the framework of the SEED Project, in order to support the creation of the Management Plan for Central Karakorum National Park, a series of thematic map were produced. Alle the data were created in the time-range 2012- 2016. The maps were used to support the discussions between the specialists and the local communities to arrive at the final shared version of the CKNP Management Plan. All the data that are in the maps are original and processed in a GIS environment.
In this layer, the main villages of the CKNP are shown.