1-4      Land Characteristics
Item	Area	Percentage to
		Total Area
Total Land Area                (10 000 sq.km)	960	100.00
By Topographic Feature   (10 000 sq.km)
Mountains	320	33.33
Plateaus	250	26.04
Basins	180	18.75
Plains	115	11.98
Hills	95	9.90
By Altitude                        (10 000 sq.km)
Under 500m	241.7	25.18
500-1000m	162.5	16.93
1000-2000m	239.9	24.99
2000-3000m	67.6	7.04
Above 3000m	248.3	25.86
By Land Use                   (10 000 hectares)
Cultivated Land	13004	13.54
Forests	15894	16.56
Water Area in Land	1747	1.82
Area of Grassland	40000	41.67
Useable Area	31333	32.64
Others	25355	26.41
a)Most figures in this table were obtained from surveys in previous years.