Table 2.
Total area and fraction of land covers for land cover classifications of 1990, 2004 and 2016. Columns to the right also indicate the % change of land covers between the three time periods
| 1990 | 2004 | 2016 | 1990–2004 | 2004–2016 | 1990–2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area (km2) | % | Area (km2) | % | Area (km2) | % | % change | % change | % change | |
| Wetland | 975.1 | 63 | 794.4 | 52 | 568.6 | 37 | − 12 | − 15 | − 26 |
| Forest | 450.7 | 29 | 442.5 | 29 | 431.7 | 28 | − 1 | − 1 | − 1 |
| Rainfed farmland | 54.8 | 4 | 291.1 | 19 | 475.6 | 31 | 15 | 12 | 27 |
| Water | 57.4 | 4 | 9.9 | 1 | 6.6 | 0 | − 3 | 0 | − 3 |
| Irrigated farmland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51.4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Settlement | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |