Fig. 3: The proportions of regions under various water scarcity levels.
From: Pollution exacerbates China’s water scarcity and its regional inequality

Estimates were made across four different geographic scales at three temporal scales (Y, yearly; W–A, seasonal from winter throughout autumn; and J–D, monthly from January throughout December. Winter corresponds the months from December to February). The level of water scarcity is defined in Methods section. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.