Table 3 The mean percentage (%) land use and cover types for the Nelspruit region, South Africa found across the different sites.

From: Macroplastic distribution patterns and accumulation in an urbanised Austral subtropical river system

Land cover type

Autumn

Winter

Spring

Summer

Bare lands

23.3

23.4

23.1

22.7

Built up

50.3

50.5

50.7

50.9

Agriculture lands

11.4

11.2

11.4

11.5

Waterbodies

0.38

0.55

0.39

0.46

Vegetation

14.6

14.4

14.4

14.5