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. 2022 Jan 21;13:439. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-28029-w

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Fig. 3 — a–d Social-ecological vulnerability results. a Hotspot basins of social-ecological vulnerability to freshwater stress and storage loss. b Vulnerability classification, based on the product of basin freshwater status and social-ecological sensitivity to freshwater stress and storage loss (see “Methods” section). c Histograms of the global distribution of vulnerability classes by basin count and surface area. d Summarized social-ecological activity within transitional and hotspot basins. e Ecological vulnerability results, presented as vulnerability classes. f Social vulnerability results, presented as vulnerability classes. Vulnerability classes for e and f are derived using the same methods as shown for social-ecological vulnerability in b.