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Land use in the US (lemmy.ml)
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[–] 4ce@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago

It seems you're misunderstanding the map. It's how much space each of those categories is taking up as a fraction of the total area of the contiguous US, not where that land use primarily occurs.