A Remote Sensing Approach for Displaying the Changes in the Vegetation Cover at Az Zakhnuniyah Island at Arabian Gulf, Saudi Arabia

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Area (in hectares, ha)</td><td class="align_center">1999-2000</td><td class="align_center">2010-2011</td><td class="align_center">2019-2020</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Halophytic and xerophytic plants cover</td><td class="align_center">325.6 (24.3%)</td><td class="align_center">44.5 (3.33%)</td><td class="align_center">900.2 (67.38%)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Medium to dense vegetation</td><td class="align_center">0.5 (0.04%)</td><td class="align_center">2.5 (0.19%)</td><td class="align_center">40.5 (3.03%)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Total vegetation</td><td class="align_center">326.1</td><td class="align_center">47.0</td><td class="align_center">940.6</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Nonvegetation</td><td class="align_center">1009.9</td><td class="align_center">1289.0</td><td class="align_center">395.3</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>NDVI-based land cover/vegetation cover area (ha) and percentage for comparison years.</div>

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Table 2: A Remote Sensing Approach for Displaying the Changes in the Vegetation Cover at Az Zakhnuniyah Island at Arabian Gulf, Saudi Arabia 