Irrigated Cropping Long-Term Average IRnet, km3/yr

Area 1995,

1000 km2

Intensity

Baseline

2020s ECHAM4

HadCM3

2070s ECHAM4

HadCM3

Canada

7.1

1.0

2.4

2.9

2.7

3.3

2.9

USA

235.6

1.0

112.0

120.6

117.9

123.0

117.9

Central America

80.2

L.O

17.5

17.0

17.6

18.l

19.7

South America

98.3

LO

26.6

27.1

27.S

28.2

29.1

Northern Africa

59.4

LS

66.4

62.7

65.3

56.0

57.7

Western Africa

8.3

1.0

2.5

2.2

2.4

2.4

2.6

Eastern Africa

35.8

l.O

12.3

13.l

12.2

14.5

14.3

Southern Africa

18.6

1.0

7.1

7.0

7.4

6.4

7.2

OECD Europe

118.0

1.0

52.4

55.8

55.2

56.5

57.8

Eastern Europe

49.4

LO

16.7

18.4

19.0

19.7

22.l

Former U.S.S.R.

218.7

0.8

104.6

106.6

112.1

104.4

108.7

Middle East

185.3

l.O

144.7

138.7

142.4

126.5

137.8

South Asia

734.6

L3

366.4

389.8

400.4

410.7

422.0

East Asia

492.5

1.5

123.8

126.0

126.6

131.3

127.l

Southeast Asia

154.4

l.2

17.l

20.3

18.8

30.4

28.6

Oceania

26.1

L5

17.7

17.8

17.6

18.2

19.7

Japan

27.0

L5

1.3

1.3

L8

1.4

1.5

World

2549.1

1091.5

1127.5

1147.0

1151.0

1176.8