Land USE & LAND COVER
OF JAMMU & KASHMIR
Yashashri Shah
Avni Hiremath
9 FAITH
Land Cover & Land Use of Jammu & Kashmir in 2005-2005
Land Use & Land Cover of Jammu & Kashmir in 2011-2012
Land Use & Land Cover of Jammu & Kashmir in 2015-2016
Conclusion
 Since 2005 there has been many changes like the statistics
of builtup urban, minning, agriculture, plantation and
many more have increased.
 In 2005 the Snow and glaciers’ area was 60077.82sq.m but
it was reduced in 2011 to 8560.1sq.m and again it
increased in 2015 to 17041.82sq.m.
 Same have happened to the scale of grass and grazing it
has been reduced since 2005.
 Water bodies have stayed around 10000 only it didn’t
decrease nor did it increase much.
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