Tibet has abundant land resources. Of its total area of 1.22 million square km, 650,000 hectares are pastureland and 360,000 hectares are cultivated land. Most of the cultivated land is distributed in the southern Tibetan river valleys and basins, while the remaining small portions are scattered in the east and southeast of the region. A large proportion of land, or some 30.71 percent of the total, is yet to be utilized. Asonethe largest grasslands in China, Tibet leads Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang in terms of the area of natural grasslands.

(Source: China's Tibet Facts & Figures 2008)