Figure 15.3.
Example of rapid change in the total area and location of irrigated land. The upper left image shows a Landsat TM false color scene of the region in 1990, the middle image shows the areas of irrigated agriculture, and the right image shows the areas of irrigated agriculture in 2000. Note the abandonment of agriculture along the river bottom and expansion on the surrounding upland regions. The graph shows the rapid expansion in irrigated land over the 1990s.
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