Can you identify from the two maps’ regions where POTET demand is higher than PRECIP supply? Compare the two maps and describe these regions.

What will be an ideal response?


POTET exceeds PRECIP in most of the western United States with the exception of the northwest coast and a few isolated areas at high elevation in the mountains.

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