title: How do I reduce the height of the bottom subplot in matplotlib?
body: <p>I have the following code:</p>
  <pre><code>fig = plt.figure(figsize = (16,9))   
  ax1 = plt.subplot(3, 2, 1)
  ax2 = plt.subplot(3, 2, 2)
  ax3 = plt.subplot(3, 2, 3)
  ax4 = plt.subplot(3, 2, 4)
  ax5 = plt.subplot(3, 1, 3)
  </code></pre>
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZaGNM.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZaGNM.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
  <p>However, I would like the third row (the plot that spans two columns) to be reduced in height by half. How do I do this?</p>
  <p>I am aware of this post: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10388462/matplotlib-different-size-subplots">Matplotlib different size subplots</a> but don't understand how I can change the height of the lowest plot that spans two columns.</p>
  <p>To prevent confusion: I want to cut the lower plot in half (delete the part in red) and therefore make it smaller (height-wise).</p>
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/DPM1k.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/DPM1k.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>