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1 Physical Settings and Water Challenges
Table 1.8
Water resources in China
Primary water
resources zones
Precipitation
(km 3
)
Surface water
resource (km 3
)
Groundwater
resources (km 3
)
Non-overlap
volume (km 3
)
Water resources
(km 3
)
Runoff
coefficient
Runoff modulus
(10 3
m 3
/km 2
)
Songhua
471.9
129.6
47.8
19.6
149.2
0.32
159.6
Liao River
171.3
40.8
20.3
9.0
49.8
0.29
158.6
Hai River
171.2
21.6
23.5
15.4
37.0
0.22
115.7
Yellow River
354.4
60.7
37.6
11.3
71.9
0.20
90.4
Huai River
276.7
67.7
39.7
23.4
91.1
0.33
276.2
Yangtze River
1,937.0
985.6
249.2
10.2
995.8
0.51
558.6
Of which:Taihu
Lake
43.4
16.0
1.6
1.6
17.6
0.41
476.9
Rivers in
Southeast China
437.2
265.6
65.6
1.9
267.5
0.61
1,093.74
Pearl River
897.3
472.3
116.3
1.4
473.7
0.53
818.2
Rivers in
Southwest China
918.6
577.5
144.0
0
577.5
0.63
684.2
Rivers in
Northwest China
542.1
117.4
77.0
10.2
127.6
0.24
37.9
Northern China
1,987.5
437.8
245.8
88.9
526.7
0.27
87.0
Southern China
4,190.0
2,301.0
576.0
13.5
2,314.5
0.55
670.8
Total
6,177.5
2,738.8
821.8
102.4
2,841.2
0.46
298.9
Sources
General Institute of Water and Power Planning (2014) Assessment for water resources and its development and use. China Water and Power Publisher,
Beijing, p. 110
Permission granted by General Institute of Water and Power Planning on its website subject to proper citation
1 Physical Settings and Water Challenges
Table 1.8
Water resources in China
Primary water
resources zones
Precipitation
(km 3
)
Surface water
resource (km 3
)
Groundwater
resources (km 3
)
Non-overlap
volume (km 3
)
Water resources
(km 3
)
Runoff
coefficient
Runoff modulus
(10 3
m 3
/km 2
)
Songhua
471.9
129.6
47.8
19.6
149.2
0.32
159.6
Liao River
171.3
40.8
20.3
9.0
49.8
0.29
158.6
Hai River
171.2
21.6
23.5
15.4
37.0
0.22
115.7
Yellow River
354.4
60.7
37.6
11.3
71.9
0.20
90.4
Huai River
276.7
67.7
39.7
23.4
91.1
0.33
276.2
Yangtze River
1,937.0
985.6
249.2
10.2
995.8
0.51
558.6
Of which:Taihu
Lake
43.4
16.0
1.6
1.6
17.6
0.41
476.9
Rivers in
Southeast China
437.2
265.6
65.6
1.9
267.5
0.61
1,093.74
Pearl River
897.3
472.3
116.3
1.4
473.7
0.53
818.2
Rivers in
Southwest China
918.6
577.5
144.0
0
577.5
0.63
684.2
Rivers in
Northwest China
542.1
117.4
77.0
10.2
127.6
0.24
37.9
Northern China
1,987.5
437.8
245.8
88.9
526.7
0.27
87.0
Southern China
4,190.0
2,301.0
576.0
13.5
2,314.5
0.55
670.8
Total
6,177.5
2,738.8
821.8
102.4
2,841.2
0.46
298.9
Sources
General Institute of Water and Power Planning (2014) Assessment for water resources and its development and use. China Water and Power Publisher,
Beijing, p. 110
Permission granted by General Institute of Water and Power Planning on its website subject to proper citation