Research Article
Analysis of Land Use Changes and Driving Forces in the Yanhe River Basin from 1980 to 2015
Table 2
Statistics for land use changes of the Yanhe River Basin from 1980 to 2015 (km2, %).
| Land use type | 1980 | 2000 | 2015 | Area | Ratio | Area | Ratio | Area | Ratio |
| Cropland | 3292.12 | 43.08 | 3289.13 | 43.04 | 2425.95 | 31.74 | Forest | 826.78 | 10.82 | 857.77 | 11.22 | 1127.50 | 14.75 | Grassland | 3473.14 | 45.45 | 3443.63 | 45.06 | 4016.95 | 52.56 | Water | 27.15 | 0.36 | 25.08 | 0.33 | 25.01 | 0.33 | Urban land | 23.16 | 0.30 | 26.73 | 0.35 | 46.93 | 0.61 | Total | 7642.35 | | 7642.34 | | 7642.34 | |
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