Table 3 Land use/cover patterns of Gelda catchment between 1957 and 2014
From: Land use/cover dynamics and its drivers in Gelda catchment, Lake Tana watershed, Ethiopia
LUT type | 1957 | 1973 | 1984 | 1995 | 2004 | 2014 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Area (ha) | % | Area (ha) | % | Area (ha) | % | Area (ha) | % | Area (ha) | % | Area (ha) | % |
Shrubs | 7136.50 | 27.17 | 7863.68 | 29.94 | 7292.65 | 27.77 | 2798.39 | 10.65 | 2915.28 | 11.1 | 8464.5 | 32.23 |
Forest cover | 5932.23 | 22.59 | 1689.68 | 6.43 | 2028.55 | 7.72 | 961.5 | 3.66 | 1247.4 | 4.75 | 959.31 | 3.65 |
Farmland and settlement | 9044.04 | 34.44 | 10216.3 | 38.90 | 12181.81 | 46.38 | 16255.2 | 61.89 | 13882.86 | 52.86 | 14260.95 | 54.3 |
Grassland | 4150.42 | 15.80 | 6298.4 | 23.98 | 4560.1 | 17.36 | 5868.03 | 22.34 | 7933.32 | 30.2 | 1931.67 | 7.35 |
Bare land cover | 0 | 0 | 196.2 | 0.75 | 201.51 | 0.77 | 380.88 | 1.45 | 286.11 | 1.09 | 648.54 | 2.47 |
Total area | 26264.00 | 100 | 26264.26 | 100 | 26264.62 | 100 | 26264 | 100 | 26264.97 | 100 | 26264.97 | 100 |