2008: Groundwater changes in India during 2002-08, based on [Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment] GRACE satellite observations. Losses are in red and gains are in blue. “The estimated rate of depletion of groundwater in northwestern India is 4.0 centimeters of water per year, equivalent to a water table decline of 33 centimeters per year. Increases in groundwater in southern India are due to recent above-average rainfall, whereas rain in northwestern India was close to normal during the study period” (NASA).
Reference: NASA. 2009 http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/india_water.html
Image Description: Credit: I. Velicogna/UC Irvine. Image Location: NASA http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/india_water.html Image Permission: This file is in the public domain because it was created by NASA.
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