Research Article
A Remote Sensing Approach for Displaying the Changes in the Vegetation Cover at Az Zakhnuniyah Island at Arabian Gulf, Saudi Arabia
Table 2
NDVI-based land cover/vegetation cover area (ha) and percentage for comparison years.
| Area (in hectares, ha) | 1999-2000 | 2010-2011 | 2019-2020 |
| Halophytic and xerophytic plants cover | 325.6 (24.3%) | 44.5 (3.33%) | 900.2 (67.38%) | Medium to dense vegetation | 0.5 (0.04%) | 2.5 (0.19%) | 40.5 (3.03%) | Total vegetation | 326.1 | 47.0 | 940.6 | Nonvegetation | 1009.9 | 1289.0 | 395.3 |
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