37% of Chinese land suffers from soil erosion

时间：2006-11-13 08:48:11

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About 37.1 percent of Chinese land area, or 3.56 million square kilometers, is suffering from soil erosion, with about 5 billion tons of soil eroding1 away annually2, said China's top environment watchdog.
 
Nov. 12 - About 37.1 percent of Chinese land area, or 3.56 million square kilometers, is suffering from soil erosion, with about 5 billion tons of soil eroding away annually, said China's top environment watchdog.

 

"Most soil erosion have taken place in the country's mountainous area and sandstorm-hit regions, especially at the upper and middle reaches of rivers," shows a "communique on China's 2005 environment condition" which was published recently by the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA).

 

It said among the 3.56 million square kilometers of soil erosion land, 165 million is eroding by water, another 191 million by wind.

 

Human activities are also reducing China's plowland area.

 

Statistics show that from 1998 to 2005, the country's plowland has been decreased by 7.6 million hectares, 1.42 million hectares of which are occupied by construction. About 2.13 million hectares of plowland has been restored after land rectification3 and improvement.

 

Around 10 million hectares of China's arable4 land, or more than one tenth of the country's total cultivated land, have been polluted by chemical fertilizers, pesticides5, plastic films or dirty water, according to the SEPA.

 

Most of the polluted arable land is located in the country's economically developed areas, it said, adding crops damaged by heavy metals amount to 12 million tons each year, causing economic losses of 20 billion yuan (US$2.5 billion) in China.

 

China has about 120 million hectares of arable land, 13 percent of its land area.

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1 eroding c892257232bdd413a7900bdce96d217e     
侵蚀，腐蚀( erode的现在分词 )； 逐渐毁坏，削弱，损害
参考例句：
  • The coast is slowly eroding. 海岸正慢慢地被侵蚀。
  • Another new development is eroding the age-old stereotype of the male warrior. 另一个新现象是，久已形成的男人皆武士的形象正逐渐消失。
2 annually VzYzNO     
adv.一年一次，每年
参考例句：
  • Many migratory birds visit this lake annually.许多候鸟每年到这个湖上作短期逗留。
  • They celebrate their wedding anniversary annually.他们每年庆祝一番结婚纪念日。
3 rectification NUwx3     
n. 改正, 改订, 矫正
参考例句：
  • The process of producing a shift of the average value is called rectification. 产生平均值移动的过程叫做整流。
  • This effect, in analogy to its radiofrequency counterpart, is known as optical rectification. 同它的射频对应物相仿，这种现象称为光学整流。
4 arable vNuyi     
adj.可耕的，适合种植的
参考例句：
  • The terrain changed quickly from arable land to desert.那个地带很快就从耕地变成了沙漠。
  • Do you know how much arable land has been desolated?你知道什么每年有多少土地荒漠化吗？
5 pesticides abb0488ed6905584ea91347395a890e8     
n.杀虫剂( pesticide的名词复数 )；除害药物
参考例句：
  • vegetables grown without the use of pesticides 未用杀虫剂种植的蔬菜
  • There is a lot of concern over the amount of herbicides and pesticides used in farming. 人们对农业上灭草剂和杀虫剂的用量非常担忧。 来自《简明英汉词典》

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