Land Cover Type

Land Cover

Change Area

Annual rate of change

1991

2000

2011

1991-2000

2000-2011

1991-2000

2000-2011

Area (ha)

%

Area (ha)

%

Area (ha)

%

Area (ha)

%

Area (ha)

%

(ha/yr)

(ha/yr)

Bare Land

54282.4

10.67

73034.6

14.36

91603.6

18.0

18752.2

3.64

18569

3.64

2083.6

1688.1

Thicket

345150.5

67.85

313451

61.62

293444.8

57.7

−31699.5

−6.23

−20006.2

−3.92

−3522.2

−1818.7

Cultivated Woodland

5654.0

1.11

10153.1

2.00

10600.2

2.1

4499.1

0.89

447.1

0.1

499.9

40.6

Grassland

103447.6

20.34

111763.2

21.97

112184.4

22.1

8315.6

1.63

421.2

0.13

924.0

38.3

Settlement

161.6

0.03

294.3

0.06

862.9

0.2

132.7

0.03

568.6

0.14

14.7

51.7

Total

508,696.1

100

508,695.9

100

508,696.1

100