China Land - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

• 9.6  million km²; slightly larger than US;

• 74.3 % desert, waste, or urban (32% of this area consists largely of denuded wasteland, plains, rolling hills, and basins from which about 3% could be reclaimed); 11.0% cultivated (sown area extended by multicropping); 12 7% forest and woodland; 2.0% inland water

Lard boundaries: 24,000 km

NOTE: The information regarding China on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of China 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about China 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.