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Table 18.1
Comparison of water resources between 1980–2000 and 1956– 1979 in China
Water resources zones
1956–1979 (mm)
1980–2000 (mm)
Comparison between 1980–2000 and
1956–1979 (%)
Precipitation Surface
water
resources
Total water
resources
Precipitation Surface
water
resources
Total water
resources
Precipitation Surface
water
resources
Total water
resources
Songhua River
496.6
130.2
150.1
519.4
147.0
168.4
4.6
12.9
12.2
Liao river
553.1
138.9
167.6
538.6
124.2
152.9
– 2.6
– 10.6
– 8.8
Hun-Taizi River
748.0
242.3
282.0
740.6
214.8
251.4
−1.0
−11.3
−10.8
Liao
472.6
64.6
101.7
469.7
61.6
99.9
−0.6
−4.7
−1.8
Hai River
559.8
90.5
132.4
501.3
53.3
99.0
−10.4
−41.1
−25.3
North rivers of Hai River
506.5
80.1
118.6
458.8
49.6
94.1
−9.4
−38.2
−20.6
South rivers of Hai River
579.8
97.5
143.2
511.7
50.4
100.6
−11.7
−48.3
−29.7
Yellow River
464.4
83.2
93.6
432.2
71.1
84.9
−7.0
−14.5
−9.3
Hetao-Longmen section
459.7
53.5
63.1
406.8
34.9
50.5
−11.5
−34.7
−19.9
Sanmenxia-Huayuankou
Section
666.8
156.9
171.3
639.0
112.6
134.1
−4.2
−28.2
−21.7
Huai River
859.6
225.1
291.9
815.5
191.9
263.2
−5.1
−14.7
−9.8
Huai River
909.1
237.6
313.9
912.3
239.0
311.4
0.3
0.6
−0.8
Yi-Shu-Si Rivers
836.0
215.1
290.9
739.1
154.8
235.7
−11.6
−28.0
−19.0
Shandong Peninsula
732.5
198.6
223.1
613.1
93.7
148.4
−16.3
−52.8
−33.5
Yangtze River
1,070.5
526.0
531.6
1100.9
573.4
579.1
2.8
9.0
8.9
Taihu lake
1,105.1
365.7
433.2
1228.4
502.7
545.9
11.2
37.5
26.0
Rivers in Southeast
China
1,758.1
1,066.3
1,080.8
1,804.6
1,108.6
1,122.8
2.6
4.0
3.9
(continued)