Natural Resources

 

Item

 

Land Resources (10 000 hectares)

13004

 

Area of Cultivated Land

10800

Area of Undeveloped Land

3535

Useable for Agricultural Production

26330

Area of Afforestated Land

6303

Undeveloped Land Usable for Afforestation

40000

Grassland

31333

Utilizable

 

 

Forest Resources

 

Utilizable

 

Total Standing Stock Volume (100 million cu.m)

124.9

Forest Area (10 000 hectares)

15894

Stock Volume of the Forest (100 million cu.m)

112.7

Forest-coverage Rate (%)

16.55

 

Water Resources

 

Land

 

Surface Water Volume (100 million cu.m)

28196

Surface Runoff

27115

Melt-Water Volume of Glaciers

560

Shallow Ground Water Volume

8287

Hydropower Resources (100 million kw)

6.76

Developable Resources

3.79

Inland Water Area (10 000 hectares)

1747

Cultivatable Area

675

Cultivated Area

467

 

Sea

 

Theoretical Sea-energy Reserves (100 million kw)

6.3

Coastal Area (10 000 sq.km)

28

Sea-beach Area (10 000 sq.km)

2.08

Cultivatable Area in Marine Areas (10 000 hectares)

260.01

Cultivated Area (10 000 hectares)

109.49

Cultivable Area in Shallow Sea and Sea-beaches(10 000 hectares)

242

Cultivated Area (10 000 hectares)

89.37

 

Mineral Resources (Ensured Reserves) (100 000 000 ton)

 

Coal

10063

Iron Ore

458.1

Phosphate Ore

132.5

Sylvite

4.6

Salt

4048.3


a) Figures on natural resources do not include those of Taiwan Province.

b) Figures on forest resources were taken from the Third Forest Census

(1994-1998).