Fig. 2: Grid cell information on the blue WC. | Nature Food

Fig. 2: Grid cell information on the blue WC.

From: Global spatially explicit crop water consumption shows an overall increase of 9% for 46 agricultural crops from 2010 to 2020

Fig. 2

a, Dominant crop for WCbl within a grid cell. For five main crops (wheat, sugar cane, maize, rice, cotton), we identify the crop with the largest blue WC amount within a grid cell (restriction to grid cells where blue WC ≥ 1,000 m3). b, Seasonality of WCbl within a grid cell, shown by month with highest WC amount. The month with the largest blue WC amount within a grid cell is identified (restriction to grid cells where blue WC ≥ 1,000 m3, exclusion of paddy phase of rice). The inset graph shows global monthly WCbl amounts for all 46 crops in km3. Maps in a and b created with ArcGis using country/continent borders from GADM (https://gadm.org/data.html).

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