Land Use and Land Cover Dynamics and Properties of Soils under Different Land Uses in the Tejibara Watershed, Ethiopia

Table 2

Description of land use and land cover classes.

Land use/land cover classes	Descriptions
Cultivated land	Areas allotted to rainfed and irrigated cultivation, including fallow plots, cultivated land mixed with some bushes, trees, and the scattered rural settlements included within the cultivated fields
Forest land	Areas covered by trees forming closed or nearly closed canopies, forest, plantation forest, dense (50–80% crown cover)
Grazing land	Areas of land where small grasses are the predominant natural vegetation usually used for grazing
Bare land	Areas with little or no “green” vegetation present due to erosion, overgrazing, and crop cultivation
Settlement	Areas covered with buildings in rural and urban. It includes commercial, residential, industrial, and transportation infrastructures