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1-4 Land Characteristics

Item Area Percentage to
Total Area
 
Total Land Area                (10 000 sq.km) 960 100.00
By Topographic Feature   (10 000 sq.km)
Mountains 320 33.33
Plateaus 250 26.04
Basins 180 18.75
Plains 115 11.98
Hills 95 9.90
By Altitude                        (10 000 sq.km)
Under 500m 241.7 25.18
500-1000m 162.5 16.93
1000-2000m 239.9 24.99
2000-3000m 67.6 7.04
Above 3000m 248.3 25.86
By Land Use                   (10 000 hectares)
Cultivated Land 13004 13.55
Forests 17491 18.22
Water Area in Land 1747 1.82
Area of Grassland 40000 41.67
Useable Area 31333 32.64
Others 23758 24.75
 

a) Most figures in this table were obtained from surveys in previous years.



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These tables are based on figures supplied by the National Bureau Of Statistics of the The Peoples Republic Of China and are subject to revision by the National Bureau of Statistics of China.

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