Fig. 2: Spatial patterns of small water body change across China.
From: Restoring small water bodies to improve lake and river water quality in China
Percent change in the number of small water bodies between (a) 1995 to 2005, and (b) 2005 to 2015. Percent change in area of small water bodies between (c) 1995 to 2005, and (d) 2005 to 2015. e Conversion pathways for small water bodies across China over the past two decades. f Small water bodies are converted primarily to croplands (orange in pie graphs) across eastern and central China and to grasslands (yellow in pie graphs) in the West. The thick gray lines demarcate the boundaries for the first-order watersheds: Songhua River Basin (SRB), Liaohe River Basin (LRB), Haihe River Basin (HAB), Yellow River Basin (YRB), Huaihe River Basin (HUB), Yangtze River Basin (YTB), Southeast Basin (SEB), Pearl River Basin (PRB), Southwest Basin (SWE), Continental Basin (CTB). Source data are provided as a Source Data file.
