Analysis of the Current and Future Prediction of Land Use/Land Cover Change Using Remote Sensing and the CA-Markov Model in Majang Forest Biosphere Reserves of Gambella, Southwestern Ethiopia
Table 2
Description of the LULC classification system.
LULC
Description
Forestland
Land covered with trees reaching 5 m in height, 0.5 ha in area, and a canopy cover of >10%.
Farmland
Areas covered with annual and perennial crops
Settlement
These areas both in urban and small rural residential places including trees in individual garden and big and small size roads
Grassland
Areas dominantly covered with grasses and shrubs
Waterbody
Waterbody: area which holds water (lakes), rivers, and marshy land