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| Data - Water |
| Surface water runoff and availability in China, 1993 (% of
national total) |
River
System |
Region |
Water
resources
(%) |
Population
(%) |
Cultivated
land
(%) |
Per
capita
water resources
(cubic meter per
year per person) |
Water
resources
per hectare
cultivated land
(cubic meter per
year per hectare) |
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| I |
Northeastern |
6.9 |
10.0 |
19.8 |
1,479 |
9,560 |
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| II |
Hai He-Luan He Basin |
1.5 |
10.0 |
10.9 |
225 |
3,760 |
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| III |
Huai He Basin |
3.4 |
16.0 |
14.9 |
389 |
6,310 |
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| IV |
Huang He Basin |
2.6 |
8.0 |
12.7 |
656 |
5,730 |
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II + III + IV |
7.5 |
34.0 |
38.5 |
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| V |
Chang Jiang Basin |
34.2 |
34.0 |
24.0 |
2,369 |
39,300 |
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| VI |
Southern |
16.8 |
12.0 |
6.8 |
3,465 |
67,950 |
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| VII |
Southeastern |
9.2 |
6.0 |
3.2 |
2,999 |
73,800 |
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| VIII |
South--western |
20.8 |
2.0 |
1.7 |
31,679 |
327,000 |
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V + VI + VII + VIII |
81.0 |
54.0 |
35.7 |
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| IX |
Interior Basins |
4.6 |
2.0 |
5.8 |
4,832 |
21,850 |
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National total |
100 |
100 |
100 |
2,323 |
28,000 |
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Source:
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) (1997):
Study on Assessment of Water Resources of Member Countries and Demand by User Sectors:
China - Water Resources and Their Use. New York, p. 9
Note: For a definition of the river basins see: Main Rivers and River Basins in China
For unknown reasons, the percentages of column 1 (Water Resources) in this source
are slightly different than the percentages we have calculated from the original water
runoff table. |
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