Implications of land use/cover dynamics on soil erosion potential of agricultural watershed, northwestern highlands of Ethiopia

Environmental Systems Research

Table 3 Land use and cover patterns of Gelda catchment between 2004 and 2014, Northwestern highlands of Ethiopia

No	Land cover classes	2004		2014
No	Land cover classes	Area (ha)	%	Area (ha)	%
1	Farmland and settlement	13,882.86	52.86	14,260.95	54.3
2	Grassland	7933.32	30.2	1931.67	7.35
3	Shrubs	2915.28	11.1	8464.5	32.23
4	Forest cover	1247.4	4.75	959.31	3.65
5	Bare soil cover	286.11	1.09	648.54	2.47
	Total area	26,264.97	100	26,264.97	100