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Annual average concentrations of nitrates by landscape type: 1980 to 2013, Great Britain

Updated 15 October 2014
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Table 9a Annual average¹ concentrations of nitrate by landscape type:
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Landtype ReportRegion No_of_sites 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Lowland arable England 27 30.59 30.07 30.34 30.69 31.48 30.85 30.76 30.95 29.08 26.78 28.79 30.09 30.61 31.62 30.6 29.33 30.64 29.74 32.56 29.31 29.45 29.8 28.69 30.85 31.81 28.74 28.93 29.8 29.38 28.54 29.38 28.55 27.21 30.29
Lowland arable Scotland 21 12.6 11.75 10.92 12.7 14.51 14.45 13.42 12.82 12.85 11.69 12.81 15.76 14.82 15.61 13.8 13.92 15.73 12.39 11.98 13.92 14.23 13.78 12.16 11.6 13.63 12.83 13.06 12.39 11.94 11.66 11.67 10.94 10.71 10.62
Lowland arable GB 48 22.88 22.21 22.01 22.65 23.89 23.2 23.02 23.18 22.12 20.31 21.94 23.95 24.87 25.66 23.25 22.59 24.12 22.88 24.79 22.71 22.79 22.79 21.65 22.66 23.86 21.78 21.99 22.18 21.75 21.16 21.63 20.84 19.84 21.69
Lowland pastural England 41 15.16 13.99 15.18 15.12 16.24 16.54 16.67 15.97 14.94 15.56 15.28 17.61 17.14 17.04 16.34 17.92 20.93 20.38 19.29 17.42 16.91 16.6 17.65 19.05 17.5 18.03 18.07 17.47 16.03 16.53 17.07 16.54 15.41 16.06
Lowland pastural Wales 18 7.28 6.53 6.64 6.73 7.72 7.97 7.63 7.52 6.53 7.06 8.43 8.89 8.4 7.78 6.99 7.39 10.21 9.66 8.84 8.06 7.76 6.93 6.91 8.42 7.57 6.87 7.73 7.12 6.54 6.21 6.21 5.65 6.07 5.71
Lowland pastural Scotland 1 9.23 9.62 7.81 9.43 12.83 12.29 12.75 10.6 10.15 11.84 13.87 13.02 Not set Not set 11.86 13.21 17.63 15.06 12.78 12.93 10.55 11.28 9.63 12.35 11.63 11.68 11.42 11.24 10.5 10.15 11.72 9.74 9.34 11.2
Lowland pastural GB 60 12.88 11.68 12.49 12.51 13.63 13.9 13.89 13.3 12.29 12.81 13.01 14.82 14.37 14.11 13.35 14.57 17.53 16.95 15.87 14.44 13.91 13.45 14.29 15.75 14.42 14.57 14.86 14.26 13.09 13.33 13.73 13.16 12.51 12.87
Uplands England 8 5.62 5.37 5.48 5.37 5.98 5.99 6.38 5.46 4.39 4.32 5.77 6.47 6.48 6.18 5.61 5.91 7.99 7.01 7.53 6.56 6.5 6.6 6.1 6.18 5.95 5.94 7.11 6.15 5.53 4.53 5.45 4.54 4.96 5.61
Uplands Wales 13 4.24 3.69 3.59 3.6 4.56 4.44 4.95 5.02 4.89 3.47 5.59 5.28 5.19 5.17 4.32 4.67 6.26 5.83 5.6 5.81 4.58 4.22 4.52 4.95 4.99 4.74 5.3 5.04 4.4 4.11 4.52 3.76 4.24 4.12
Uplands Scotland 31 4.8 4.03 3.7 3.96 4.98 5.32 4.68 4.31 4.31 3.84 4.09 4.86 4.34 4.78 4.3 4.49 5.42 5.01 5.42 5.06 5.0 4.66 4.06 3.71 4.85 4.96 4.9 4.84 4.44 4.18 4.14 3.81 3.93 3.76
Uplands GB 52 4.77 4.15 3.95 4.08 5.05 5.2 5.01 4.66 4.47 3.82 4.72 5.22 4.92 5.12 4.51 4.76 6.04 5.59 5.85 5.51 5.13 4.85 4.51 4.44 5.05 5.06 5.35 5.09 4.6 4.22 4.44 3.91 4.16 4.14
x_Total GB 160 13.36 12.45 12.63 12.75 13.97 13.68 13.68 13.52 12.76 12.19 13.05 14.55 14.49 14.6 13.56 13.85 15.84 15.17 15.54 14.29 13.77 13.46 13.44 14.28 14.21 13.7 13.96 13.66 12.93 12.71 13.08 12.51 11.95 12.68