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Global Map of Irrigation Areas (GMIA v5)

FAO and University of Bonn. Area equipped for irrigation at 5 arc-minutes.

Percentage of each cell equipped for irrigation, with the share irrigated from groundwater, surface water and non-conventional sources. Built from sub-national statistics and irrigation maps.

Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, University of Bonn
Resolution
5 arc-minutes (about 10 km)
Data type
Raster
Time span
About 2005
Temporal
Static
Access type
Direct download (external)
Formats
ASCII grid, GeoTIFF
Coverage
Global land (-180, -60, 180, 90)
Licence
See FAO terms of use
Provider page
www.fao.org/aquastat/en/geospatial-information/global-maps-…

Cite as. Siebert, S., et al. (2013). Update of the digital global map of irrigation areas to version 5. University of Bonn and FAO.

Access

curl "https://hydrological.org/api/v1/datasets/gmia/links?bbox=-75,-20,-50,5" \
  -H "Accept: application/json"

Also available as JSON: links · manifest · dataset record