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<tab name="Cropland">[[File:land-crop1.png]]</tab> | <tab name="Cropland">[[File:land-crop1.png|800px]]</tab> | ||
<tab name="Pasture">[[File:land-pasture1.png]]</tab> | <tab name="Pasture">[[File:land-pasture1.png|800px]]</tab> | ||
<tab name="Built-up land">[[File:land-builtup1.png]]</tab> | <tab name="Built-up land">[[File:land-builtup1.png|800px]]</tab> | ||
<tab name="All usage">[[File:land-usage1.png]]</tab> | <tab name="All usage">[[File:land-usage1.png|800px]]</tab> | ||
<tab name="Wilderness">[[File:land-wild1.png]]</tab> | <tab name="Wilderness">[[File:land-wild1.png|800px]]</tab> | ||
</tabs> | </tabs> | ||
These images were made "in-house" from multiple data sets. To read more, click on an image for the full page about it. | These images were made "in-house" from multiple data sets. To read more, click on an image for the full page about it. | ||
Latest revision as of 09:39, 30 August 2022
Land usage is a major environmental impact due to habitat loss.
Agriculture uses vastly more land than all other human activity combined.
Statistics
Earth Surface: 510 million km2
- Oceans: 361 million km2 (71% of Earth Surface)
- Land: 149 million km2 (29% of Earth Surface)
- Pasture: 28 million km2 (19% of Land)
- Cropland: 15 million km2 (10% of Land)
- Built-up land: 1.5 million km2 (1% of Land)
- "Built-up" includes all housing (cities, suburbs, towns, etc), buildings, roads, infrastructure and more.
These numbers are from OurWorldInData
Maps
These images were made "in-house" from multiple data sets. To read more, click on an image for the full page about it.