Resources and Land Use
Natural resources: oil shale (kukersite), peat, phosphorite, cambrian blue clay, limestone, dolomite, arable land, forest
Land use:
arable land: 25,3%
permanent pastures: 6,3%
forests and woodland: 50,3%
swamps: 5,6%
other: 12,2%
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