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Table 6 Percent and rate of changes occurred in the Andassa watershed from 1985 to 2015 periods

From: Evaluation and prediction of land use/land cover changes in the Andassa watershed, Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia

Land use/land cover	Percent change			Rate of change (ha/year)
Land use/land cover	1985–2000	2000–2015	1985–2015	1985–2000	2000–2015	1985–2015
Cultivated land	+16.6	+5.1	+22.5	+407	+145.5	+276.3
Forest	−27.3	−24.3	−45	−37.6	−24.4	−31
Shrubland	−32.1	−13.9	−41.5	−328.7	−97	−212.8
Grassland	−15.2	−24.7	−36.1	−45.2	−62.2	−53.7
Built-up area	+192.5	+562.8	+1838.4	+4.4	+38	+21.2

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