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Table 3 Land use and land cover classes

From: Forest cover change detection using Geographic Information Systems and remote sensing techniques: a spatio-temporal study on Komto Protected forest priority area, East Wollega Zone, Ethiopia

No

Land use/land cover type

Description

1

Dense forest

Area covered by dense forest

2

Agricultural land

Areas covered with perennial and annual crops

3

Grass land

Area covered by sparse trees with dense grasses

4

Settlement

Dispersed rural settlements and homesteads

5

Open forest

Composed predominantly of regeneration forest from the past disturbance

  1. Source: Classified images of the years (1991, 2002 and 2019)