Areas of Heavy Groundwater Extraction
WorldPhysical EnvironmentAgricultureLocations where groundwater systems experience levels of extraction exceeding recharge rates over a limited period of time
Die Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und RohstoffeA map shows areas of heavy groundwater extraction worldwide, marked with blue shaded dots. Highest extraction areas include the United States, Mexico, China, and India.
Areas of Heavy Groundwater Extraction | Denver Basin | Class | Rank | Kilograms per day | 0 - 20 | 20 - 40 | 40 - 60 | 60 - 80 | 80 - 100 | Bersimis | Caniapiscau Barrage | Churchill Falls | Daniel Johnson | Denis-Perron | Ear Falls Dam | Eastmain-1 | Fort Peck Dam | Gabbro Control Dam | Gardiner | Garrison Dam | Gouin | Grand Rapids | Hoover | Hugh Keenleyside | Isle Maligne Spillway 1 | Jenpeg | Kenney | La Grande 2 | La Grande 3 | La Grande 4 | Libby | Manicouagan 3 | Mica | Oahe Dam | Opinaca | Outardes 4 | Passes Dangereuses | Pine Portage Main | Rapides des Quinze | Revelstoke | Structure 193 | Toledo Bend | W.A.C. Bennett | Whitesand Rapids | |
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| 1.125 | 1 | 0.901% | 0.642% | 0.436% | 1.54% | 0.943% | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||