Chromium cycles through the Earth atmosphere, soil, freshwater bodies, rivers, oceans, crust and mantle. The arrows indicate fluxes given in gigagrams (1,000 metric tons) of chromium per year. The corresponding stocks (inventories) indicate reservoirs of chromium given in gigagrams of chromium.
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