Table 5 Total area coverage of land use classes.

From: Analysis of land use land cover changes and population dynamics in Awash River Basin (ARB), Ethiopia using GIS and remote sensing

Landuse_Class

Area_1990_Ha

Percent

Area_2000_Ha

Percent

Area_2010_Ha

Percent

Area_ 2020_Ha

Percent

Agricultural_land

2,768,467

24

4,668,237

40

3,215,528

27.5

2,733,068

23

Bare_land

6,225,771

53

3,669,820

31.5

4,767,626

40.8

3,098,318

26.5

Deep_water_bodies

24,836

0.2

30,823

0.26

33,514

0.3

14,117

0.12

Forest_cover

83,055

0.7

176,351

1.5

58,835

0.5

94,435

0.8

Urban_area

2,570,115

22

3,048,145

26.2

3,552,920

30

5,690,778

49

Wetland

21,693

0.18

44,896

0.4

65,519

0.6

63,221

0.5

Grand Total

11,693,938

 

11,638,273

 

11,693,942

 

11,693,936

 
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