Research Article
Land Use and Land Cover Change, and Woody Vegetation Diversity in Human Driven Landscape of Gilgel Tekeze Catchment, Northern Ethiopia
Table 2
Area of land use and land cover types for 1976, 1986, and 2008 in Gilgel Tekeze catchment.
| Land use | 1976 | 1986 | 2008 | Area (ha.) | Area (%) | Area (ha.) | Area (%) | Area (ha.) | Area (%) |
| Forest land | 1704 | 4.84 | 859.52 | 2.44 | 1624 | 4.61 | Shrub-bush land | 11809 | 33.52 | 6125.82 | 17.39 | 5168 | 14.7 | Grazing land | 2867 | 8.14 | 1808.06 | 5.13 | 432.7 | 1.23 | Cultivated land | 17839 | 50.63 | 22893.5 | 64.98 | 23296 | 66.12 | Settlement | 759.7 | 2.15 | 2597.55 | 7.37 | 4278 | 12.11 | River bed gravel and rock (flood plain) | 168.8 | 0.48 | 285.63 | 0.81 | 320.4 | 0.91 | Bare land | 85.5 | 0.24 | 662.92 | 1.88 | 113.9 | 0.32 |
| Total | 35233 | 100 | 35233 | 100 | 35233 | 100 |
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