Land Use
Natural resources: gold, copper, silver, natural gas, timber, oil, fisheries
Land use:
- arable land: 0.49%
- permanent crops: 1.4%
- other (forests, swamplands, etc.): 98.11% (2005 estimate)
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Famous quotes containing the word land:
“When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was nearer; for God thought, If the people face war, they may change their minds and return to Egypt.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Exodus 13:17.
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