1-3 NATURAL RESOURCES 

                                         

Item

1995

 

 

Land Resources (10 000 hectares)

 

Cultivated Land

9497

Undeveloped Land

10800

# Useable

3535

Afforestated Land

26289

# Developed Afforestated Land

6303

Prairie

40000

# Utilizable

31333

 

 

Forests

 

Growing Stock (100 000 000 cu.m)

108.68

Forest Area(10 000 hectares)

12863

Forest Growing Stock (100 000 000 cu.m)

93.1

Forest-Cover Rate ()

13.4

 

 

Hydrology and Water Conservancy

 

Land

 

Earth Surface Water Volume (100 000 000 cu.m)

28124

Surface River Flow

27115

# Melted Glaciers

560

Underground Water Volume

8287

Hydropower Resources (100 000 000 kw)

6.76

# Developable Resources

3.79

Inland Water Area (10 000 hectares)

1747

# Cultivatable Area

675

# Cultivated Area

467

Sea

 

Theoretical Sea-energy Resources (100 000 000 kw)

6.3

Coastal Area (10 000 sq.km)

28

Sea/Beach Area (10 000 sq.km)

2.08

Cultivatable Area in Marine Areas (10 000 hectares)

260.01

# Cultivated Area (10 000 hectares)

71.6

Sea/Beach Cultivable Area (10 000 hectares)

242.0

# Cultivated Area (10 000 hectares)

55.6

 

 

Mineral Resources (100 000 000 ton)

 

Coal Reserves

10087.08

Iron Ore Reserves

478.94

Phosphate Ore

159.74

Sylvite

4.57

Salt

4030.81

 

 

 

a) Figures for Natural Resources exclude Taiwan province.

 

b) Figures for Land and Hydrology and Water Conservancy in this table were obtained from

statistical checks during pervious years. The figures are subject to further verification.

 

c) Figures for forest resources were taken from the Third Forest Census (1988-1992) and mineral

resources refer 1993.