Table 3 The areas of LU/LC classes during 1984, 2000, 2006 and 2017 of 10th RIR
LU/LC classes | 1984 | 2000 | 2006 | 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Km2 | % | Km2 | % | Km2 | % | Km2 | % | |
Bare land | 208.9 | 85.4 | 157.0 | 62.0 | 162.0 | 53.3 | 78.5 | 0.3 |
Oxidation pond | 1.3 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 6.1 | 2.1 | 10.5 | 3.6 |
Urban area | 13.7 | 5.6 | 27.3 | 10.8 | 28.9 | 10.1 | 82.0 | 28.4 |
Industrial area | 18.7 | 7.6 | 26.7 | 7.4 | 32.2 | 11.3 | 40.5 | 13.9 |
Waterlogging | 0.2 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 3.9 | 1.4 | 5.6 | 2.0 |
Vegetation | 1.6 | 0.7 | 36.4 | 14.3 | 60.4 | 21.2 | 70.1 | 24.2 |
Salinization | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 0.7 |
Wadi Gafra | 38.0 | 15.5 | 21.1 | 8.3 | 16.2 | 5.7 | 4.9 | 1.7 |
Bed rocks unit | 162.4 | 66.4 | 30.2 | 11.9 | 11.7 | 4.1 | 5.2 | 1.7 |