Land Use
Natural resources include coal, gold, hydropower, iron ore, limestone, natural gas, sand, iron sand and timber.
Land use:
- arable land: 5.54%
- permanent crops: 6.92%
- other: 87.54%
Irrigated land: 2,850 km² (2003)
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Famous quotes containing the word land:
“If a man cheats the land, the land will cheat his belly.”
—Chinese proverb.
“In that land all Is and nothing’s Ought;
No owners or notices, only birds;”
—William Robert Rodgers (1909–1969)