Topographic Dependence of Cropland Transformation in China during the First Decade of the 21st Century

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="303685.fig.003a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/tswj/volume-2013/303685/figures/303685.fig.003a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>  Distribution of occupied and reclaimed cropland on 0–5° slope from 2000 to 2010</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="303685.fig.003b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/tswj/volume-2013/303685/figures/303685.fig.003b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>Distribution of occupied and reclaimed cropland on 5–15° slope from 2000 to 2010</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><img alt="303685.fig.003c" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/tswj/volume-2013/303685/figures/303685.fig.003c.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(c) </b>Distribution of occupied and reclaimed cropland on slope with 15–25° from 2000 to 2010</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="d"><td><img alt="303685.fig.003d" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/tswj/volume-2013/303685/figures/303685.fig.003d.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(d) </b>Distribution of occupied and reclaimed cropland on slope above 25° from 2000 to 2010</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>Distribution of occupied and reclaimed cropland on different slope segments from 2000 to 2010.</table>

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Figure 3: Topographic Dependence of Cropland Transformation in China during the First Decade of the 21st Century 