The grasslands, forests and cultivated lands of China are the world’s largest to terms of sheer area. However, if we divide the total cultivated land of China by it’s population of more than 1.4 billion, only about 0.08 per capital is available.

China’s 128.63 million hectares is covered with forests. The best known natural forest areas of China are the :Greater HingganThe Lesser HingganAnd the Changbai mountain ranges.

Greater Hinggan In North China’s Inner Mongolia Automous

Lesser Hinggan

Changbai Mountain Ranges

Quite a number of major tree species found here include conifers as Korean pine and larch and broadleaves such as white birch oak and elm.

Larch Broadleaves White

Birch Oak

Elm

The composition and distribution of China’s land resources have three major characteristics. First, is the variety in type of land resources. The types of land resources can be cultivated lands , forests, grasslands , even deserts and beaches. About 95.65 million hectares of land resources are cultivated lands and are found in the Northeast Plain , the North China Plain and the Middle Lower Yangtze.

North east China Plain

North China Plain

Middle Lower Yangtze

Second , there are more mountainous and hilly areas than flat lands. Third is the unbalanced distribution. This is so because the farmland is mainly concentrated in the plains in the east. Grasslands are mainly found in the plateaus and mountainous areas of the west and north and the forests are mainly found in the outermost northeast and south-west.

In mineral resources, China ranks third on the world in total reserves (about 148 different minerals) and all the world’s known minerals can be found here. Mineral resources include coal , petroleum , natural gas , and oil shale.

Radioactive minerals include uranium and thorium. The world’s 1/3 total coal reserves, about 966.8 billion total coal found in China. China’s reserve of rare earth metals far exceeds the total for the rest of the world. Ferrous metals that are found in China include iron , manganese , vanadium and titanium. In addition, China also has some of the world’s largest reserves of tungsten , tin antimony , zinc , lead and mercury.

Uranium Thorium

Ferrous Metals

IRON

MAN

Manganese

Vanadium

Titanium

Tungsten

Tin Antimony

Zinc

Lead

Mercury

Great Wall of China

Temple of Heaven in Beijing

Mausoleum of Afaq Khoja, Kashgar City China

Typical Food of China