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Figure 4. Spatial distribution of land cover in Ngerengere River catchment in 2014
Figure 5. Spatial distribution of land cover in Ngerengere River catchment in 2024
52.13% (1,449.19 km ), while bare land is projected 3.4. Human activities performed along the
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to decline in area to 30.81% (856.07 km ). Moreover, Ngerengere River catchment
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dense vegetation area is expected to decrease to 3.33% During the field survey, we observed that the LULCCs
(92.57 km ) and built–up area is predicted to decline negatively impact the hydrology and the Ngerengere
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to 0.91% (25.3 km ). Importantly, water bodies are River. Extensive degradation of natural habitats across
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expected to show a modest increase, rising to 0.44% the Ngerengere River catchment was primarily driven
(12.23 km ). by widespread and intensifying anthropogenic activities.
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