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Agricultural Water Consumption

WorldAgriculture

Agricultural water withdrawal as a percentage of total renewable water resources by country

FAO

A map highlights global agricultural water consumption. Dark blue regions show a rate higher than 99% in Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Egypt, and Libya. Medium blue indicates a rate of 25% to 99% in south and southwestern Asian and north Africa. Light blue regions indicate a rate of 1% to 24% including the United States, parts of western Europe, China and Australia. The lightest blue indicates less than 1% in parts of Europe, South America, and Central and Southwestern Africa.

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Agricultural Water Consumption

Major Soil Orders

Class

Rank

Percent

Ultisols

Aridisols

Histosols

Entisols

Rocky Land

Alfisols

Spodosols

Gelisols

Inceptisols

Andisols

Vertisols

Mollisols

Ice/Glacier

29.2%9.16%4.00%5.44%0.754%6.87%5.89%3.80%7.01%1.28%2.72%23.6%5.25%
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