Theme: Use of Water and Land for Food and Environmental Sustainability

China

Geography
People’s Republic of China is a big country of Eastern Asia, located between latitude 20o to 50o and longitude 75o to 135o E. The total land of the country is about 9.6 million Sq.Km. with 18,000 Km of coastline. China has a varied topography comprising plateaus and mountainous areas which cover 59% of the area, basins cover 19%, plains cover 12% and hilly areas occupy 10% of the total territory. In the western border of the plateau are the Himalayan Mountains, the highest in the world.

Population and land use
China’s population is 1398 million (1.39 billion) as per Population Reference Bureau (2019). China is the largest country in the world today. As a whole, China has an estimated population density of 145 people per Sq.Km. This ranks 81st, despite the country itself being one of the largest in terms of size and the largest in terms of population. The density figures chang ...Read more