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Table 2 Areas of LULC in different study periods in the Gumara watershed

From: Patterns, causes and consequences of land use/cover dynamics in the Gumara watershed of lake Tana basin, Northwestern Ethiopia

Land use /cover classes

1957

%

1985

%

2005

%

Area (ha)

Area (ha)

Area (ha)

Wetland

969.95

0.66

382.77

0.26

266.56

0.19

Shrub land

12,367

8.40

5178.78

3.52

1064.25

0.73

Cultivated and settlement

110,678.54

75.19

134,944

91.72

141,887.32

96.53

Forrest land

19,227.40

13.06

4633.02

3.15

2826.36

1.93

Grassland

3963.96

2.69

1992.87

1.36

945.99

0.65

Total

147,206.66

100

147,206.44

100

147,206.47

100