Should have added mountains, non-arable land
cia.gov
Land use:
arable land: 10%
permanent crops: 0%
permanent pastures: 43%
forests and woodland: 14%
other: 33% (1993 est.)
the classification as "permanent pasture" is the
critical thing which everyone do not agree with.
The tropical climate is obviously in the south, along the
coast and then not so tropical for the rest, even subarctic.
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When population size and growth, resource depletion, environmental pollution,and outdated technologies are
factored in, China's food situation seems grim,especially
when one considers that China already supports 22 percent of
the world's population on just 7 percent of the earth's
arable land.
britannica.com
E MAGAZINE; JANUARY 01, 1997 WHO WILL FEED CHINA?
(the classic one)
Ilmarinen
Btw, Finland does not have any tundra, land which never
thaws, due to the north atlantic and the gulf stream.
However, only small "trees", shrubs can grow in the very north.
Land use:
arable land: 8%
permanent crops: 0%
permanent pastures: 0%
forests and woodland: 76% (finnish number 72%)
other: 16% (1993 est.)
britannica.com
britannica.com
Forestry is another thing connecting Finland and
China, although the weather here is more boring
than extreme and deadly as in China. |
