1-3 Natural Resources

 

 

项目

1997

 

 

Land Resources (10 000 hectares)

          

   Area of Cultivated Land                           

          

   Area of Undeveloped Land                           

      10800

     #Useable for Agricultural Production                        

       3535

   Area of Afforestated Land                        

      26289

     #Undeveloped Land Usable for Afforestation                    

       6303

   Grassland                            

      40000

     #Utilizable                      

      31333

 

 

Forest Resources                             

          

   Total Standing Stock Volume (100 Million cu.m)

     117.85

   Forest Area (10 000 hectares)

      13370

   Stock Volume of Forest (100 million cu.m)

     101.37

   Forest-coverage Rate ()

      13.92

 

 

Water Resources                             

          

   Land                                

          

     Surface Water Volume (100 million cu.m)

      28124

       Surface Runoff                       

      27115

        #Melt-Water Volume of Glaciers                  

        560

       Shallow Ground Water Volume                 

       8287

     Hydropower Resources (100 million kw)

       6.76

       #Developable Resources                      

       3.79

     Inland Water Area (10 000 hectares)

       1747

      #Cultivatable Area                     

        675

        #Cultivated Area                   

        467

   Sea                               

          

     Theoretical Sea-energy Reserves (100 million kw)

        6.3

     Costal 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

     Cultivated Area in Shallow Sea and Sea beaches (10 000 hectares)

      242.0

       #Cultivated Area (10 000 hectares)

       55.6

 

 

 Mineral Resources (Ensured Reserves) (100 000 000 ton)

          

   Coal                                 

    10024.9

   Iron Ore                             

      463.5

   Phosphate Ore                             

      152.0

   Sylvite                               

        4.6

   Salt                                 

     4075.0

 

 

 

a)       Figures on natural resources do not include those of Taiwan Province.

b)      Figures on Land and water resources in this table were obtained from surveys in previous years. The figures are subject to further verification.

c)      Figures on forest resources were taken from the Third Forest Census (1989-1993). Data on mineral resources refer to 1993.