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Biology — Nitrogen Inputs to Soil

How nitrogen reaches the soil as nitrates.

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Nitrogen inputs to soil (relative)Atmospheric N265Biological fixation60Lightning fixation5Industrial (Haber)35Fertiliser35Soil nitrates100Conserved — 100 in, 100 out, across 6 nodes and 6 flows. The widths add up.6 nodes named only by a flow — `Atmospheric N2`, `Biological fixation`, `Lightning fixation`, `Industrial (Haber)`, `Fertiliser`, `Soil nitrates`. They are dr…Conserved: 100 enters at `Atmospheric N2`, `Industrial (Haber)` and 100 leaves at `Soil nitrates`, and every one of the 3 nodes between them passes on exactly…

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title "Nitrogen inputs to soil (relative)"
flow "Atmospheric N2" "Biological fixation" 60
flow "Atmospheric N2" "Lightning fixation" 5
flow "Industrial (Haber)" "Fertiliser" 35
flow "Biological fixation" "Soil nitrates" 60
flow "Lightning fixation" "Soil nitrates" 5
flow "Fertiliser" "Soil nitrates" 35