Land Use and Resources
Natural resources: petroleum, uranium, natron, kaolin, fish (Chari River, Logone River), gold, limestone, sand and gravel, salt
Land use:
arable land: 2.8%
permanent crops: 0.02%
other: 97.18% (2005)
Irrigated land: 300 km² (2003)
Total renewable water resources: 43 km3 (2007)
Read more about this topic: Geography Of Chad
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—Nunnally Johnson (1897–1977)
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