12-2  Land Characteristics
Item	Area	Percentage to
		Total Area
Total Land Area                (10 000 sq.km)	960	100.00
By Topographic Feature      (10 000 sq.km)
Mountains	320	33.33
Plateaus	250	26.04
Basins	180	18.75
Plains	115	11.98
Hills	95	9.90
By Altitude                        (10 000 sq.km)
Under 500 m	241.7	25.18
500-1000 m	162.5	16.93
1000-2000 m	239.9	24.99
2000-3000 m	67.6	7.04
Above 3000 m	248.3	25.86
By Land Use                   (10 000 hectares)
Cultivated Land	12172	12.68
Forests Land	30590	31.86
Forests	19545	20.36
Water Area in Land	1747	1.82
Area of Grassland	39283	40.92
Usable Area	33100	34.48
Others	12208	12.72
a) Most figures in this table were obtained from surveys in previous years.
b) Data of cultivated land come from the Ministry of Land and Resources at Year-end of 2008.