1. Land cover Class
1996
2006
2016
Area %
Sand
4.4
4.0
1.72
Water bodies
6430.7
0.72
5220
0.59
4.51
Bare land
140425
15.82
14163
15.91
135929
15.3
Agriculture
2.38
92238
10.40
8.74
Grassland
402684
45.4
412106
46.4
444376
50.1
Forest
278053
31.34
200989
22.65
174210
19.63
Total
100
99.9
Table 6. Areas and percentage of six land cover classes
From: Monitoring of Land Use/Cover Change Using Remote Sensing and GIS techniques: A case study of Loliondo Game Controlled Area, Tanzania
Trends Journal of Sciences Research. 2018;3(1): doi: /RemoteSensing
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