Research Article
Analysis of Land Use/Land Cover Change and Its Implication On Natural Resources of the Dedo Watershed, Southwest Ethiopia
Table 3
LULC transformation matrixes in different periods (area in hectare and %).
| Changed from | Changed to | 1984–2000 hectare | % | 2000–2017 hectare | % |
| Cultivation land | Cultivation land | 20648.4 | 94.22 | 26937.9 | 93.12 | Grazing land | 518.77 | 2.36 | 907.26 | 3.14 | Settlement land | 173.67 | 0.79 | 147.52 | 0.51 | Dense forest land | 229.13 | 1.05 | 343.21 | 1.19 | Light vegetation land | 343.53 | 1.57 | 589.59 | 2.04 | Total | 21913.5 | 100 | 28925.48 | 100 |
| Grazing land | Cultivation land | 2090.06 | 11.60 | 2752.37 | 17.01 | Grazing land | 15127.5 | 83.80 | 13426.71 | 78.53 | Settlement land | 4.93 | 0.02 | 24.16 | 0.42 | Dense forest land | 315.52 | 1.75 | 219.17 | 1.28 | Light vegetation land | 512.57 | 2.84 | 675.3 | 3.95 | Total | 18050.58 | 100 | 17097.78 | 100 |
| Settlement land | Cultivation land | 1.87 | 0.49 | 3.36 | 0.60 | Grazing land | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0,00 | 0.00 | Settlement land | 378.34 | 99.51 | 557.5 | 99.40 | Dense forest land | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Light vegetation land | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Total | 380.21 | 100 | 560.86 | 100 |
| Dense forest land | Cultivation land | 3265.28 | 14.17 | 4348.91 | 23.64 | Grazing land | 802.12 | 3.48 | 612 | 3.33 | Settlement land | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Dense forest land | 17327.07 | 75.18 | 12296.25 | 66.84 | Light vegetation land | 1651.76 | 7.17 | 1138.14 | 6.19 | Total | 23046.23 | 100 | 18395.3 | 100 |
| Light vegetation land | Cultivation land | 2919.87 | 7.47 | 3948.72 | 10.52 | Grazing land | 649.39 | 1.66 | 1205.03 | 3.21 | Settlement land | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Dense forest land | 525.64 | 1.34 | 746.37 | 1.99 | Light vegetation land | 35012.98 | 89.52 | 31620.46 | 84.27 | Total | 39109.42 | 100 | 37520.58 | 100 |
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