Research Article

Modeling Impact of Land Use Dynamics on Hydrology and Sedimentation of Megech Dam Watershed, Ethiopia

Table 4

Land use/land cover as reclassified by SWAT.

Original land useSWAT codeArea (ha) for historical (1998 LULC)Area (ha) for recent (2016 LULC)

Cultivated landAGRC23922.1426478.21
Plantation forestFRSE723.54354.31
GrasslandPAST4502.822101.48
ShrublandRNGB7951.238151.54
BarelandURLD1412.151008.52
UrbanURHD907.321325.14