Fig. 3

Sankey diagram depicting the transfer flows of various land use/land cover within the YRB between 2000 and 2020. Note The widths of the streams in the diagram represent the scale of area switching between different types of land use/land cover, illustrating the changes in land allocation for cropland, barren land, forests, construction sites, grassland, and water bodies in the preceding 20 years. Data derived from 2000–2020 land-use transition matrices.