Table 5.

Area (A) and percent (%) of LULC classes of gilgel gibe catchment in 1991, 2006 and 2021

N0	LULC Classes	1991		2006		2021
		Area (ha)	P (%)	Area (ha)	P (%)	Area (ha)	P (%)
1	Built-up area	6676.8	1.3	11,316.0	2.2	17,058.4	3.3
2	Cultivated land	277,560.5	54.0	297,691.3	57.9	336,382.1	65.4
3	Forest cover	52,113.1	10.1	39,780.7	7.7	33,091.8	6.4
4	Shrubland	1727.9	0.3	1601.5	0.3	1176.0	0.2
5	Degraded land	275.1	0.1	554.1	0.1	467.2	0.1
6	Grazing-land	172,099.8	33.5	161,016.8	31.3	125,015.7	24.3
7	Water body	3650.2	0.7	2143.1	0.4	912.1	0.2
	Total	514,103.4	100.0	514,103.4	100.0	514,103.4	100.0