The Response of Sensitive LULC Changes to Runoff and Sediment Yield in a Semihumid Urban Watershed of the Upper Awash Subbasin Using the SWAT+ Model, Oromia, Ethiopia

Table 7

LULC change and the rate of change comparisons for 2000, 2010, and 2020.

LULC classes	2000		2010		2020		Change (%)		Rate of change (%)
	Area (km^2)	%	Area (km^2)	%	Area (km^2)	%	(2000–2010)	(2010–2020)	(2000–2010)	(2010–2020)
FRST	312	26.3	213	17.9	103	8.7	−8.3	−9.3	−3.8	−9.1
URBN	186	15.7	264	22.2	374	31.5	6.6	9.3	3.5	4.4
RNGB	223	18.8	185	15.6	146	12.3	−3.2	−3.3	−1.9	−3.0
WETL	151	12.7	97	8.2	89	7.5	−4.5	−0.7	−4.4	−1.1
AGRL	205	17.3	271	22.8	373	31.4	5.6	8.6	2.8	4.0
BARRL	96	8.1	147	12.4	89	7.5	4.3	−4.9	4.3	−6.3
WATL	14	1.2	10	0.8	13	1.10	−0.3	0.3	−3.4	3.3