Table 2 Description of land cover types
Land use land cover type | Description |
|---|---|
Settlements | Land covered by rural village’s (houses), and towns (Fissaha et al. 2017) |
Shrub/Bush Land | Land covered by small trees, bushes, shrubs; it is less dense than the woodland (Fissaha et al. 2017) |
Grazing Land | Areas with more than 50% cover grasses (mixed with some shrubs) and less than 50% herbaceous, and have bare lands usually used for grazing |
Cultivated Land | Areas of land prepared for rainfed and irrigated crops, which includes areas currently under crop, fallow and land under seedbed (Tahir et al. 2017) |
Bare land | Land which is mainly covered by bare soil and rock outcrops (Belay et al. 2015; Fissaha et al. 2017) |