“…The spatial distribution patterns of different land-use types in different years are generally consistent (Figure 4). Seni District and Jiali County in the upper reaches of the Lhasa River Basin have high elevations and sparse populations, with land-use types dominated by grassland and unused land; Dangxiong County in the middle reaches is the largest pastoral county in the Lhasa River Basin [65], with grassland, unused land, and glacial snow dominating as the land-use types; the lower reaches are characterized by lower altitudes, dense populations, developing industry, agriculture, and the service economy, a rich variety of land-use types, a concentrated distribution of cropland, forest, waterbody, wetland, and building land, and a scattered distribution of grassland, glacier snow, and unused land. Compared with the areas of waterbody, wetland, and building land in 2010, those in 2020 had increased by 11.43%, 0.1%, and 204.91%, respectively, and the areas of cropland, forested land, grassland, glacial snow, and unused land decreased by 8.88%, 0.82%, 0.17%, 3.08%, and 0.06%, respectively, with building land having the largest growth rate and being mainly transformed from cropland, forest, and grassland, corresponding to the largest rate of cropland area shrinkage.…”