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China: Land Cover: Inland water bodies, Area from MODIS

8813.191000 ha · 2024+4.2% since 2014

FAOSTAT domain LC. Land Cover: Inland water bodies, Area from MODIS (1000 ha). Annual figures for China from 2001 to 2024.

20012024

Every year

YearValue (1000 ha)Note
20248,813.19E
20238,737.52E
20228,681.97E
20218,693.33E
20208,637.06E
20198,667.85E
20188,612.26E
20178,570.39E
20168,495.7E
20158,466.99E
20148,459.6E
20138,466.47E
20128,403.04E
20118,389.93E
20108,344.9E
20098,331.08E
20088,310.48E
20078,291.27E
20068,286.28E
20058,281.82E
20048,254.78E
20038,258.2E
20028,234.76E
20018,157.84E

Source

Published by FAO, produced by Food and Agriculture Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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FAO (2026). Land Cover: Inland water bodies, Area from MODIS. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/fao-lc-6981-5007-1000-ha (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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