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

Table 4

The comparison between the average slope of occupied and reclaimed cropland and average slope of cropland in all provinces (excluding Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan) in China from 2000 to 2010.

Province	Average slope of cropland (°)	Average slope of reclaimed cropland (°)	Average slope of occupied cropland (°)
Xinjiang	0.6	0.39	0.61
Heilongjiang	0.24	0.29	0.41
Jilin	0.34	0.31	0.35
Hebei	0.81	0.26	0.37
Inner Mongolia	0.4	0.36	0.39
Beijing	1.41	0.39	0.34
Tianjin	0.11	0	0.03
Liaoning	0.78	0.68	0.58
Ningxia	0.69	0.45	0.45
Shandong	0.4	0.04	0.3
Shaanxi	1.92	0.94	1.17
Shanxi	1.18	0.52	0.85
Qinghai	2.38	1.52	1.72
Gansu	1.8	0.94	2.17
Henan	0.47	0.05	0.27
Jiangsu	0.07	0.04	0.06
Tibet	5.36	0.2	2.23
Shanghai	0.02	0.03	0.02
Anhui	0.61	0.16	0.23
Chongqing	3.43	4.19	3.98
Hubei	1.7	1.36	0.84
Zhejiang	2.32	3.26	0.92
Sichuan	3.5	7.47	3.23
Jiangxi	1.36	0.92	0.55
Guizhou	1.96	1.57	2.18
Hunan	1.38	0.91	1.01
Fujian	2.79	2.64	1.42
Yunnan	3.86	3.49	2.36
Guangxi	1.27	0.95	0.44
Guangdong	1.46	0.2	0.45
Hainan	0.73	1.05	0.75