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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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Areas of Heavy Groundwater Extraction		Areas Affected by Acid Rain		Electricity Generation from Wind Power
Areas of Heavy Groundwater Extraction	Denver Basin	Acid Rain	Polluted air emissions leading to acid rain	Class	Rank	Billion kilowatt hours (kWh)







1.125	1	31.3%	37.1%

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