The Impact of Catchment Land Use Land Cover Changes on Lake Dandi, Ethiopia
Table 1
Land use land cover type and the corresponding description.
LULC types
Description
Bare land
Land area with no dominant vegetation cover on at least 90%.
Bush-/shrubland
Land area covered by alpine vegetation communities dominated by low, woody, self-supporting, multistemmed plants branching at or near the ground, between 0.2 and 2 m in height.
Agricultural/settlement
Made to include areas allotted to rain-fed cereal crops (e.g., legumes, barley, teff, and wheat) and horticultural crops particularly vegetables (e.g., onion, potato, and cabbage). Crop cultivation, both annuals and perennials, mostly in subsistence farming and the land covered by rural villages and scattered rural settlements surrounded by Enset.
Grassland
Both communal and/or private grazing lands that are used for livestock grazing. The land is basically covered by small grasses, grass-like plants, and herbaceous species. It also includes land covered with a mixture of small grasses, grass-like plants, and shrubs less than 0.2 m, and it is used for grazing.
