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Table 1 Extent and relative land cover area (in ha) for the years 1989, 2000 and 2010 and their percentages

From: Characterization of change in the Harike wetland, a Ramsar site in India, using landsat satellite data

Land Cover class	Land cover extent					Relative change
	1989	%	2000	%	2010	%	1989- 2000	%	2000-2010	%	1989-2010	%
	Area		Area		Area		Area		Area		Area
	(ha)		(ha)		(ha)		(ha)		(ha)		(ha)
Waterbody	2414	28	1566	18	2026	23	-848	-35	459	29	-388	-16
Wetland I	745	9	404	5	468	5	-340	-46	63	16	-277	-37
Wetland II	3995	46	4224	48	3527	40	229	6	-698	-17	-469	-12
Barren land	796	9	1218	14	1190	14	421	53	-28	-2	394	49
Agricultural land	789	9	1326	15	1528	17	537	68	202	15	739	94
Total	8739	100	8739	100	8739	100

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