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