Exemplifying the Effects Using WetSpass Model Depicting the Landscape Modifications on Long-Term Surface and Subsurface Hydrological Water Balance in Bilate Basin, Ethiopia

Table 8

Land use coverage in kilometres square (km²) and percentage (%).

LULC	1989		1999		2009		2019
	Area (km^2)	%	Area (km^2)	%	Area (km^2)	%	Area (km^2)	%
Open water	158.2	2.9	131.9	2.4	108.0	2.0	115.3	2.1
Settlement	318.6	5.9	342.9	6.4	411.4	7.6	450.1	8.3
Agriculture	1824.0	33.8	2625.7	48.6	2923.8	54.1	3286.3	60.8
Forest	705.9	13.1	374.0	6.9	527.4	9.8	490.7	9.1
Shrub land	854.0	15.8	556.3	10.3	367.0	6.8	345.4	6.4
Grass land	1181.0	21.9	644.5	11.9	462.7	8.6	377.5	7.0
Barren land	361.2	6.7	727.4	13.5	602.6	11.1	337.7	6.3