12-25  Areas Covered and Affected by Natural Disaster
	(1 000 hectares)
Year	Areas	Areas	Percentage	Flood		Drought
			of Disaster
Region	Covered	Affected	Areas Affected	Areas	Areas	Areas	Areas
			to Areas	Covered	Affected	Covered	Affected
			Covered (%)
1978	50807	24457	48.1	3109	2012	32641	16564
1980	50025	29777	59.5	9687	6070	21901	14174
1985	44365	22705	51.2	14197	8949	22989	10063
1990	38474	17819	46.3	11804	5605	18175	7805
1991	55472	27814	50.1	24596	14614	24914	10559
1992	51332	25893	50.4	9422	4463	32981	17047
1993	48827	23134	47.4	16390	8608	21097	8656
1994	55046	31382	57.0	17328	10744	30423	17050
1995	45824	22268	48.6	12734	7604	23455	10402
1996	46991	21234	45.2	18147	10855	20152	6247
1997	53427	30307	56.7	11415	5839	33516	20012
1998	50145	25181	50.2	22292	13785	14236	5060
1999	49980	26734	53.5	9020	5071	30156	16614
2000	54688	34374	62.9	7323	4321	40541	26784
2001	52215	31793	60.9	6042	3614	38472	23698
2002	46946	27160	57.9	12288	7388	22124	13174
2003	54506	32516	59.7	19208	12289	24852	14470
2004	37106	16297	43.9	7314	3747	17253	8482
2005	38818	19966	51.4	10932	6047	16028	8479
2006	41091	24632	59.9	8003	4569	20738	13411
2007	48992	25064	51.2	10463	5105	29386	16170
2008	39990	22283	55.7	6477	3656	12137	6798
Beijing	31	25	81.4			8	5
Tianjin	80	54	67.8			24	7
Hebei	1152	834	72.4	55	29	629	480
Shanxi	2164	1007	46.6	57	23	1917	907
Inner Mongolia	2497	1318	52.8	434	159	1658	938
Liaoning	539	299	55.5	173	36	321	236
Jilin	580	244	42.1	52	29	466	165
Heilongjiang	2367	1345	56.8	159	53	1597	930
Shanghai	21	8	38.1
Jiangsu	497	275	55.2	101	95
Zhejiang	1075	519	48.2	233	134	23	9
Anhui	1277	621	48.6	302	202
Fujian	231	82	35.6	58	24	4	2
Jiangxi	2376	1142	48.1	812	255	128	46
Shandong	672	234	34.8	121	82	256	88
Henan	967	653	67.5	74	52	584	376
Hubei	4033	2659	65.9	1180	931	20	14
Hunan	4474	2843	63.5	666	279	486	160
Guangdong	1600	794	49.6	415	234	71	40
Guangxi	2306	1129	49.0	642	556	224	127
Hainan	366	172	47.1	93	79	81	21
Chongqing	662	399	60.3	86	47	156	93
Sichuan	1412	637	45.1	206	105	107	35
Guizhou	1760	1050	59.6	186	122	30	18
Yunnan	1460	882	60.4	121	55	475	359
Tibet	54	36	67.5	5	4
Shaanxi	1047	502	48.0	134	15	478	341
Gansu	1334	841	63.0	71	36	784	573
Qinghai	122	73	59.9	10	1	66	45
Ningxia	667	283	42.4	5	4	494	223
Xinjiang	2172	1326	61.1	28	16	1050	561