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Figure 2 | Pastoralism

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From: Spatio-temporal dynamics of forage and land cover changes in Karamoja sub-region, Uganda

Figure 2

Land use/cover types. (a) Typical grassland dominated by Hyparrhenia rufa and Chloris pychnothrix in Karamoja as seen from Nakicument, Napak district. In the background are the Iriir mountains. (b) A thicket and shrubland as seen in Regen sub-county, Kotido district. The landscape is dominated by grasses such as Bracharia spp. and Hyparrhenia spp. grasses and thicket and shrub species such as Commiphora campestris, Cadaba farinosa and Acacia brevispica. (c) A bushland land cover near Lomogol dam in Kotido district (Acacia oerfota seen in the middle of the picture). (d) A maize garden adjacent to woodland land cover in Nabuin. The woodland is at the background of the photo.

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