Divergent trends in irrigation-water withdrawal and consumption over mainland China

Knowledge of both irrigation-water withdrawal (IWW) and consumption (IWC, i.e. the evapotranspiration loss of applied irrigation water) is critical to sustainable water use and management. However, IWW and IWC are not well differentiated and an integrated analysis of their changes and causes is stil...

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Main Authors: Ling Zhang, Donghai Zheng, Kun Zhang, Hao Chen, Yingchun Ge, Xin Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2022-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac8606