13-8 Irrigation, Reservoirs, Flood Prevention, Water and Soil Conservation
Item 1990 1995 2000 2005 2008 2009
             
  Number of Irrigated Areas at Year-end    (set) 5363 5562 5683 5860 6414 5844
     33 000  Hectares and Over 72 74 101 117 149 125
     20 000-33 000  Hectares 76 99 141 170 298 210
  Effective Irrigated Area      (10 000 hectares) 2123.1 2249.9 2449.3 2641.9 2944.0 2956.2
     33 000  Hectares and Over 604.7 631.4 788.3 1023.0 1120.7 1082.8
     20 000-33 000  Hectares 189.6 244.4 344.0 408.0 551.7 474.7
  Number of Reservoirs                            (unit) 83387 84775 85120 85108 86353 87151
      Large Reservoir 366 387 420 470 529 544
      Medium-sized Reservoir 2499 2593 2704 2934 3181 3259
      Small Reservoir 80522 81795 81996 81704 82643 83348
  Capacity of Reservoirs        (100 million cu.m) 4660 4797 5184 5624 6924 7064
      Large Reservoir 3397 3493 3842 4197 5386 5506
      Medium-sized Reservoir 690 719 746 826 910 921
      Small Reservoir 573 585 594 602 628 636
  Water-saving Irrigated Area (10 000 hectares) 1638.9 2133.8 2443.6 2575.5
  Areas with  Flood Prevention Measures  1933.7 2006.5 2098.9 2133.9 2142.5 2158.4
                                               (10 000 hectares)
  Area of Soil Erosion under Control 5300 6690 8096 9465 10159 10454
                                                (10 000 hectares)                    
  Total Length of Dikes                   (10 000 km) 22.0 24.7 27.0 27.7 28.7 29.1
  Area of Land Protected by Dikes 3200.0 3060.9 3960.0 4412.0 4571.2 4654.7
                                                (10 000 hectares)                    
             
a) The capacity of the large-scale reservoir is over 100 million cubic meters, while that of the medium-scale one is from 10 to 100 million cubic meters, 
     and that of the small-scale one is from 100 000 to 10 million cubic meters.