# Is it possible to calculate wyield\_volume as land cover type?

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**Tags:** annual-water-yield\
**Created:** [September 18, 2019, 2:14am UTC](https://community.naturalcapitalalliance.org/t/is-it-possible-to-calculate-wyield-volume-as-land-cover-type/469 "2019-09-18T02:14:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![kims](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/838e76/32.png) [@kims](https://community.naturalcapitalalliance.org/u/kims)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 2:14am UTC](https://community.naturalcapitalalliance.org/t/is-it-possible-to-calculate-wyield-volume-as-land-cover-type/469/1 "2019-09-18T02:14:01Z")

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hello  
I wonder if it is possible to calculate wyield\_volume as land cover type.  
Related questions and resources are in the Excel file.  
Please refer to the attached document.  
Thank you.

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**Author:** ![swolny](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.naturalcapitalalliance.org/swolny/32/181_2.png) [@swolny](https://community.naturalcapitalalliance.org/u/swolny)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 3:18am UTC](https://community.naturalcapitalalliance.org/t/is-it-possible-to-calculate-wyield-volume-as-land-cover-type/469/2 "2019-09-18T03:18:08Z")

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Yes, you can sum the water yield pixel results by land cover type, or watershed, or administrative boundary. Just remember that sometimes an LULC type or watershed will have a high or low value only because the area is large or small. So you might also consider calculating the water yield per hectare (or other area measure).

~ Stacie