2.2.3. Land Type Data

ESA CCI-LC land use/cover data (300 m spatial resolution, 1992–2015) were downloaded from the European space agency (http://maps.elie.ucl.ac.be/CCI/viewer/; accessed on 11 January 2022). The ESA data (including 22 categories) were reclassified into 10 categories: agriculture, forest, grassland, wetland, settlement, shrubland, sparse vegetation, bare area, water, and permanent snow and ice (Figure 3).

**Figure 3.** The land-use type maps in the study area.
