Serious erosion hitting rurals
By Li Jing | 皇冠体育app Daily | Updated: 2010-09-28 08:02
Rain, rivers and roadworks taking toll on nation's land
BEIJING - More than one-third of 皇冠体育app's vast territory is crumbling, according to statistics from the Ministry of Water Resources.
Up to 3.56 million square kilometers of the country's landmass is already affected by serious erosion, while about 4.5 billion tons of soil (19.2 percent of the world's total) is being lost every year.
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