Land cover category | Land cover change in Ha (%) across the four sub-catchments | |||||||
Amala | Nyangores | Talek | Sand | |||||
1987 | 2017 | 1987 | 2017 | 1987 | 2017 | 1987 | 2017 | |
Forest | 56,609 (39.8%) | 29,784 (21.0%) | 41,031 (43.7%) | 30,164 (32.3%) | 12,357 (7.0%) | 4939 (2.8%) | 13,955 (7.6%) | 7986 (4.4%) |
Grassland | 44,269 (31.1%) | 31,550 (22.2%) | 27,681 (29.5%) | 15,997 (17.1%) | 92,493 (52.8%) | 62,708 (35.7%) | 87,106 (47.4%) | 79,884 (43.6%) |
Shrub Land | 6418 (4.5%) | 2495 (1.8%) | 1014 (1.1%) | 789 (0.8%) | 62,757 (35.8%) | 98,079 (55.9%) | 80,217 (43.6%) | 72,183 (39.4%) |
Cropland | 29,828 (21.0%) | 75,574 (53.2%) | 21,835 (23.3%) | 42,690 (45.7%) | 0.0 (0.0%) | 5607 (3.2%) | - | - |
Bare Land | 5068 (3.6%) | 2615 (1.8%) | 2279 (2.4%) | 3721.6 (4.0%) | 7723 (4.4%) | 4244 (2.4%) | 2510 (1.4%) | 22,977 (12.6%) |
Built-up areas | 34 (0.02%) | 80 (0.06%) | 47.4 (0.01%) | 105.9 (0.1%) | - | - | - | - |