There is a water surplus in the north and west, and a water deficit in the south and east.

英国北部、西部雨量较多，可是南部、东部有所缺乏。

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Except water deficit at tassel stage that the water use efficiency showed a tendency of increasing in the other water treatment.

除抽穗期水分亏缺外其它各水分处理的水分利用效率呈现增大的趋势。

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Actual evapotranspiration is a significant variable in the water balance calculation. It links daily rainfall, irrigation amount and soil bypass flow to calculate an immobile water deficit.

实际作物腾发量是水平衡模型计算的一个重要变量，它和每日降雨量，灌溉量及土壤径流量共同计算静止水的亏缺量。

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Regions of serious water deficit such as the Middle East became so in about 1970, at a favourable moment for them in economic history.

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