Description:
This research entitled evaluation on appropriateness of land for Rubber Plant in Wanaraya
Subdistrict, Barito Kuala Regency, South Kalimantan Province. The objective of this research is to know the
level of land appropriateness for rubber plant in Wanaraya Subdistrict, Barito Kuala Regency, South Kalimantan
Province.
Population and sample of this research were same, which taken from the amount of land in Wanaraya
Subdistrict, Barito Kuala Regency, South Kalimantan Province that is 16 lands. The lands are taken from
overlaying of land form map, map of the kinds of land, map of land slope, and map of using land which taken
from satellite imaginery and Earth map.
The result showed that land matching method in Wanaraya Subdistrict, Barito Kuala Regency, South
Kalimantan Province had z Iand appropriateness classes, i.e Sz (appropriate enough) and Nz (very inappropriate),
Sz has diveider, i.e temperature, dry months, drainage, water pH, salinity, and danger of flooding; and Nz has
diveider temperature and salinity. Land scoring method in Wanaraya Subdistrict, Barito Kuala Regency, South
Kalimantan Province included in 5t class of land very suitable. Temperature can not be changed or repaired, the
bad drainage can be repaired by prosessing of land, such as manufacturing of drainage channels or planting
rubber trees on a mound of soil or soil that has been elevated.
Keywords: land evaluation, rubber tree, land appropriateness class