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

Table 5

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

Province	Average altitude of cropland (m)	Average altitude of reclaimed cropland (m)	Average altitude of occupied cropland (m)
Xinjiang	1045.72	926.98	979.67
Heilongjiang	238.16	241.93	297.52
Jilin	333.05	365.49	303.89
Hebei	500.13	659.02	164.98
Inner Mongolia	916.9	858.39	1100.82
Beijing	276.42	117.06	75.65
Tianjin	14.22	3.82	7.05
Liaoning	239.4	234.49	179.81
Ningxia	1669.91	1463.49	1544.77
Shandong	103.03	17.49	69.8
Shaanxi	1062.7	1051.1	946.73
Shanxi	1150.19	770.26	1138.74
Qinghai	2973.53	3370.92	2625.24
Gansu	1847.06	1639.8	1794.49
Henan	209.35	189.59	160.33
Jiangsu	28.48	19.77	30.79
Tibet	3741.97	4411.76	3960.32
Shanghai	5.09	8.76	4.67
Anhui	98.46	53.18	65.91
Chongqing	701.87	682.86	725.7
Hubei	372.76	339.31	188.64
Zhejiang	238.77	358.55	105.36
Sichuan	1141.2	2001.63	1097.55
Jiangxi	237.2	197.12	130.88
Guizhou	1120.08	1078.74	1146.77
Hunan	337.89	250.27	259.09
Fujian	437.4	505.32	201.52
Yunnan	1736.01	1486.84	1700.53
Guangxi	353.08	358.9	259.39
Guangdong	178.94	69.14	67.58
Hainan	119.69	78.36	99.79