Land use/cover classes | Area coverage of land use/cover classes | |||||
1990 | 2000 | 2014 | ||||
Ha | % | Ha | % | Ha | % | |
Bushed grassland | 43,039 | 2.72 | 24,459 | 1.55 | 14,488 | 0.92 |
Closed Woodland | 366,710 | 23.17 | 190,479 | 12.03 | 88,285 | 5.58 |
Cultivated Land | 35,343 | 2.23 | 154,113 | 9.74 | 271,020 | 17.12 |
Dense Bushland | 19,170 | 1.21 | 6443 | 0.41 | 3066 | 0.19 |
Forest | 16,311 | 1.03 | 6165 | 0.39 | 4143 | 0.26 |
Open Bushland | 124,203 | 7.85 | 132,831 | 8.39 | 127,770 | 8.07 |
Open Grassland | 226,897 | 14.34 | 188,078 | 11.88 | 152,627 | 9.64 |
Open Land | 1386 | 0.09 | 1164 | 0.07 | 991 | 0.06 |
Open Woodland | 489,896 | 30.95 | 648,858 | 41.00 | 721,863 | 45.61 |
Settlement Area | 272 | 0.03 | 1247 | 0.08 | 1831 | 0.12 |
Swamp | 47,681 | 3.01 | 51,240 | 3.24 | 59,483 | 3.76 |
Thicket | 84,105 | 5.31 | 54,082 | 3.42 | 20,643 | 1.30 |
Water | 127,542 | 8.06 | 123,596 | 7.81 | 116,545 | 7.36 |
Total | 1,582,755 | 100 | 1,582,755 | 100 | 1,582,755 | 100 |