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Irrigated Crop Intensity

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A measure of comparing the amount of land in irrigated crops is shown as a percentage of all land that is equipped (available) for irrigation. Areas of double-cropping—where the same area is cultivated and irrigated twice in a year—are counted twice. Thus, the land in irrigated crops can exceed 100%.

FAO AQUASTAT Irrigation and drainage development

Irrigated crop intensity with the highest intensity (over 160 percent) shaded in dark green in China, Argentina, Egypt, Nigeria, Poland. Lowest intensity (less than 100 percent) shaded light green in South Africa, Niger, Bolivia, Ukraine, Iran, Turkey.

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Irrigated Crop Intensity

Wheat Production

Major Landforms

Class

Rank

Percent

Class

Rank

Metric tons

Caledonian and Hercynian (or Appalachian) remnants

Isolated volcanic areas

Alpine system

Sedimentary covers

Laurasian shields

19.2%76.7%61.8%40.1%53.1%
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