Natural Resources
Natural resources in Belgium include construction materials, silica sand and carbonates. Belgium used to have coal mines. As of 2007, the land use was as follows:
- Arable land: 27.42%
- Permanent crops: 0.69%
- Other: 71.89%
As of 2003, the estimated area of irrigated land was of 400 km².
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