Table 7 Spatiotemporal area of each land use type and their respective quantified mean yearly soil losses (\(\mathrm{t }\,{\mathrm{ha}}^{-1}\,{\mathrm{year}}^{-1}\)) in 1985, 2000 and 2021 of Zoa watershed
LULC types | 1985 | 2000 | 2021 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Area (ha) | % | Mean soil loss | Area (ha) | % | Mean soil loss | Area (ha) | % | Mean soil loss | |
Bareland | 1017.10 | 1.70 | 31.73 | 3951.27 | 6.59 | 39.04 | 4128.69 | 6.89 | 35.52 |
Farmland | 17,425.70 | 29.09 | 27.08 | 30,823.99 | 51.46 | 53.58 | 42,604.20 | 71.12 | 59.91 |
Forest | 6104.03 | 10.19 | 4.50 | 7168.34 | 11.97 | 8.08 | 4372.21 | 7.30 | 6.61 |
Grassland | 10,273.16 | 17.15 | 20.48 | 3593.93 | 6.00 | 17.15 | 1251.38 | 2.09 | 19.19 |
Shrubland | 25,081.80 | 41.87 | 16.22 | 14,364.26 | 23.98 | 19.06 | 7545.32 | 12.60 | 24.00 |