| 12-19 Area of Wetlands by Region | ||||||||
| Region | Area of | Proportion of | ||||||
| Wetlands | Natural | Man-made | Wetlands in | |||||
| (1 000 | Wetlands | Coasts | Rivers | Lakes | Marshland | Wetlands | Total Area of | |
| hectares) | and | Territory (%) | ||||||
| Seashores | ||||||||
| National Total | 38485.5 | 36200.6 | 5941.7 | 8207.0 | 8351.6 | 13700.3 | 2285.0 | 4.01 |
| Beijing | 34.4 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 29.4 | 1.93 | |||
| Tianjin | 171.8 | 133.7 | 58.1 | 55.1 | 12.3 | 8.2 | 38.1 | 14.95 |
| Hebei | 1081.9 | 1042.3 | 278.8 | 319.3 | 307.2 | 136.9 | 39.6 | 5.82 |
| Shanxi | 499.9 | 462.2 | 454.1 | 8.1 | 37.7 | 3.19 | ||
| Inner Mongolia | 4245.0 | 4200.8 | 607.5 | 495.2 | 3098.1 | 44.3 | 3.66 | |
| Liaoning | 1219.6 | 1106.8 | 738.1 | 252.2 | 6.3 | 110.2 | 112.9 | 8.37 |
| Jilin | 1203.4 | 1016.4 | 5.8 | 581.4 | 74.5 | 354.7 | 187.0 | 6.37 |
| Heilongjiang | 4314.8 | 4182.8 | 460.7 | 401.9 | 3320.3 | 132.0 | 9.49 | |
| Shanghai | 319.7 | 319.4 | 305.4 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 0.3 | 53.68 | |
| Jiangsu | 1674.7 | 1651.1 | 843.5 | 203.3 | 604.2 | 23.6 | 16.32 | |
| Zhejiang | 802.2 | 695.9 | 574.3 | 118.5 | 3.0 | 0.1 | 106.3 | 7.88 |
| Anhui | 653.9 | 590.0 | 239.5 | 350.5 | 63.9 | 4.73 | ||
| Fujian | 443.0 | 421.2 | 370.6 | 31.1 | 19.5 | 21.8 | 3.65 | |
| Jiangxi | 998.8 | 872.9 | 314.9 | 443.2 | 114.8 | 125.9 | 5.99 | |
| Shandong | 1784.1 | 1681.4 | 1210.9 | 301.1 | 165.5 | 3.9 | 102.7 | 11.72 |
| Henan | 624.1 | 482.2 | 472.7 | 2.6 | 6.9 | 141.9 | 3.74 | |
| Hubei | 927.3 | 730.5 | 377.4 | 294.7 | 58.4 | 196.9 | 4.99 | |
| Hunan | 1226.9 | 1047.5 | 683.1 | 359.3 | 5.1 | 179.5 | 5.79 | |
| Guangdong | 1398.1 | 1252.0 | 1017.8 | 231.7 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 146.0 | 7.86 |
| Guangxi | 656.1 | 567.5 | 348.4 | 219.1 | 88.6 | 2.76 | ||
| Hainan | 311.5 | 256.6 | 190.0 | 38.3 | 17.3 | 11.0 | 54.9 | 9.13 |
| Chongqing | 43.2 | 31.9 | 31.6 | 0.3 | 11.3 | 0.52 | ||
| Sichuan | 961.7 | 919.5 | 563.9 | 13.4 | 342.3 | 42.1 | 1.98 | |
| Guizhou | 79.4 | 65.9 | 58.0 | 2.3 | 5.7 | 13.5 | 0.45 | |
| Yunnan | 235.3 | 220.3 | 119.8 | 96.5 | 4.0 | 15.0 | 0.61 | |
| Tibet | 5232.0 | 5231.5 | 231.1 | 2538.6 | 2461.7 | 0.5 | 4.26 | |
| Shaanxi | 292.9 | 277.2 | 252.1 | 7.3 | 17.8 | 15.7 | 1.42 | |
| Gansu | 1258.1 | 1131.4 | 565.6 | 44.3 | 521.5 | 126.7 | 2.80 | |
| Qinghai | 4126.0 | 4087.7 | 107.5 | 1232.0 | 2748.1 | 38.3 | 5.72 | |
| Ningxia | 255.6 | 252.4 | 104.1 | 148.3 | 3.2 | 3.85 | ||
| Xinjiang | 1410.2 | 1264.6 | 200.2 | 694.9 | 369.5 | 145.5 | 0.86 | |
| a) Data in the table are the figures of China First Wetlands Survey (1995-2003), excluding the wetlands of Taiwan province, Hong Kong | ||||||||
| SAR and Macao SAR. Area of wetlands excludes the wetland of paddyfield. | ||||||||