N input

Calculation process

Total load

(tons/year)

Deposition

dry deposition (8.3 kg/ha/yr) × total area (6642 km2)

30,589.7

(60.0%)

wet deposition (3 mg/L) × total area (6642 km2) × annual precipitation(1258.3 mm/yr)

Fertilizer and Manure

fertilizer and manure nitrogen (257.4 kg/ha/yr) × agriculture area (783.5 km2)

20,167.3

(39.0%)

Fixation

upland crop and paddy area (3.3 kg/ha/yr) × agriculture area (783.5 km2)

Sewage discharge

Sewage discharge nitrogen (126.0 kg/day) × year (365 days)

45.9

(1.0%)