Central Valley Aquifer, Chapters A and B - MAE Class Websites

144 Groundwater Availability of the Central Valley Aquifer, California
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Fraction of total area by land-use type
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Shaded relief derived from U.S. Geological Survey
National Elevation Dataset, 2006. Albers Equal Area Conic Projection
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EXPLANATION
Land use—1993-99
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Land use type—
Water
Urban
Native vegetation
Orchard, groves and vineyards
Pasture/Hay
Row crops (none shown)
Small grains (none shown)
Idle/fallow (none shown)
Truck, nursery and berry crops
Citrus and subtropical
Field crops
Vineyards
Pasture
Grain and hay
Feed lots and diaries (none shown)
Deciduous fruits and nuts
Rice
Cotton
Developed (none shown)
Cropland and pasture (none shown)
Cropland
Irrigated row and field crops
Water-balance subregion boundaries
and identifier—See table C1
Active model grid boundary—
See figure C1
Figure C11. Virtual crops for 1998, including pie chart of percentage of different virtual crops (sources: Davis and others, 1998;
California Department of Water Resources, 2000). The water-balance subregions are described in .
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