Land Use/Land Cover Change Impact on Hydrological Process in the Upper Baro Basin, Ethiopia

Table 5

The magnitude of land use/land cover type for 1987, 2002, and 2017 in the Upper Baro Basin.

Land use class	Spatial converge						Change between years
	1987		2002		2017		2002–1987		2017–2002		2017–1987
	(km^2)	%	(km^2)	%	(km^2)	%	(km^2)	%	(km^2)	%	(km^2)	%
Grass land	4639.21	19.77	3272.15	13.95	969.34	4.13	−1367.05	–5.83	–2302.81	–9.82	–3669.87	–15.64
Agricultural	2065.92	8.81	3659.08	15.60	6290.56	26.81	1593.15	6.79	2631.48	11.22	4224.63	18.01
Bare land	92.81	0.40	166.24	0.71	217.43	0.93	73.43	0.31	51.19	0.22	124.62	0.53
Urban	471.30	2.01	2060.52	8.78	3638.16	15.51	1589.23	6.77	1577.64	6.72	3166.86	13.50
Woodland	2656.81	11.32	2812.80	11.99	2,447.74	10.43	155.98	0.66	–365.06	–1.56	–209.08	–0.89
Forestland	8619.97	36.74	7819.91	33.33	7323.35	31.21	–800.06	–3.41	-496.56	–2.12	–1296.62	–5.53
Schruble land	4635.94	19.76	3544.63	15.11	2393.95	10.20	–1091.31	–4.65	–1150.69	–4.90	–2241.99	–9.56
Waterbody	280.04	1.19	126.66	0.54	81.48	0.35	–153.37	–0.65	–45.18	–0.19	–198.56	–0.85