LUCa/LULC
|
Area (ha)
|
Percentage (%) in the basin
|
Area sampled (ha)
|
Number of established plots
|
---|
Forestland
|
Riparian forest and woodland
|
320.40
|
1.66
|
0.81
|
9
|
Savannah Woodland
|
5447.79
|
28.29
|
2.43
|
27
|
Shrub Savannah
|
4241.88
|
22.03
|
5.04
|
56
|
Grassland
|
Savannah Grassland
|
96.48
|
0.50
|
3.06
|
34
|
Cropland
|
Cropland and Fallow (Agricultural land)
|
8031.15
|
41.70
|
7.20
|
80
|
Settlement
|
Settlement
|
486.72
|
2.53
|
8.00
|
8
|
Others land use
|
Agroforestry
|
20.70
|
0.11
|
0.26
|
13
|
Plantation
|
16.74
|
0.09
|
0.46
|
23
|
- NB: Agroforestry and plantation were identified as potential mitigation strategies to climate change. We therefore discriminated them from cropland. Percentage values do not add up to 100% since the basin also includes water bodies, roads and bare land that were not included in the table