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Areas of Heavy Groundwater Extraction

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Locations where groundwater systems experience levels of extraction exceeding recharge rates over a limited period of time

Die Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe

A map shows areas of heavy groundwater extraction worldwide, marked with blue shaded dots. Highest extraction areas include the United States, Mexico, China, and India.

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Display by:	Areas of Heavy Groundwater Extraction		Cotton Production (U.S.)
	Areas of Heavy Groundwater Extraction	Denver Basin	Class	Rank	Metric tons
Alabama				6	1.83e+5
Alaska				43	0.00
Arizona	1			12	6.10e+4
Arkansas	1			3	3.42e+5
California	1			10	9.45e+4
Colorado		1		46	0.00
Connecticut				36	0.00
Delaware				28	0.00
District of Columbia				48	0.00
Florida				16	3.70e+4
Georgia				2	5.66e+5
Hawaii				33	0.00
Idaho				31	0.00
Illinois	1			51	0.00
Indiana				24	0.00
Iowa				19	0.00
Kansas				15	3.92e+4
Kentucky				30	0.00
Louisiana				11	7.84e+4
Maine				20	0.00
Maryland				47	0.00
Massachusetts				49	0.00
Michigan				35	0.00
Minnesota				38	0.00
Mississippi				4	2.57e+5
Missouri				7	1.81e+5
Montana				41	0.00
Nebraska				39	0.00
Nevada				44	0.00
New Hampshire				37	0.00
New Jersey				32	0.00
New Mexico				17	2.68e+4
New York				25	0.00
North Carolina	1			5	2.18e+5
North Dakota				29	0.00
Ohio				34	0.00
Oklahoma	1			14	4.57e+4
Oregon				26	0.00
Pennsylvania				27	0.00
Rhode Island				50	0.00
South Carolina	1			9	1.15e+5
South Dakota				18	0.00
Tennessee				8	1.55e+5
Texas	2			1	7.51e+5
Utah				21	0.00
Vermont				22	0.00
Virginia				13	4.68e+4
Washington				40	0.00
West Virginia				42	0.00
Wisconsin				45	0.00
Wyoming				23	0.00

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