4.1 Major River Basins and Water Resource Development
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Table 4.1
Water and economic indicators among river basins
Category
River basins
Percentage in the country
Water resources availability per capita
(m 3
)
Water resources
availability per ha
(m 3
)
Water resources
availability
Population Arable land GDP 1997
2010
2050
North to Yangtze Songhua–Liao
River
6.9
9.6
20.2
10.4
1,646
1501
1,287
9,900
Hai–Luan River 1.5
10.0
11.3
11.6
343
311
273
3,885
Yellow River
2.7
8.5
12.9
6.7
707
621
526
6,000
Huai River
3.4
16.2
15.2
14.1
487
440
383
6,555
Inland Rivers
4.6
2.1
5.7
1.7
4,876
4,140
3,331
23,835
South to Yangtze Yangtze River
34.2
34.3
23.7
23.2
2,289
2,042
1,748
41,745
Southeast
Rivers
9.2
5.6
2.5
8.1
2,885
2,613
2,231
80,160
Pearl River
16.7
12.1
6.7
13.5
3,228
2,813
2,377
67,515
Southwest
Rivers
20.8
1.6
1.8
0.7
29,427
25,056 20,726 346,350
China
100
100
100
100
2,220
2,050
1,760
28,320
Source
Liu and Chen (2001) Assessment for current situations of water resources and analysis of supply–demand trend in China. China Water and Power
Publisher: Beijing
Elaborated by the author, based on Liu and Chen (2001). Permission granted by Liu and Chen (2001) on its website subject to proper citation