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Table 4 Land use/cover matrix change from 1957 to 1985

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

Change from/to	Land use/cover classes for 1985						Change in 1985
1957							Class	Area
1957	WL	SH	CUL/SET	FOR	GR	Total	Ha	%
WL	64.23	1.26	276.82	32.54	4.89	379.74	−590.32	−60.85
SH	46.12	1537.16	2150.58	1219.80	191.02	5144.68	−7221.49	−58.39
CUL/SET	821.41	10,038.31	105,843.63	14,459.97	3118.71	134,286.92	23,620.62	21.34
FOR	35.64	408.38	1508.09	4129.53	34.79	4605.43	−7760.75	−42.14
GR	2.59	381.06	887.18	84.22	613.76	1968.81	−1994.36	−50.32
Total	970.06	12,366.17	110,666.30	19,927.06	3963.17	147,206.58

WL wetland SH shrub land CUL/SET cultivated and settlement land FOR forestland GR grassland

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