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:
“The great fact in life, the always possible escape from dullness, was the lake. The sun rose out of it, the day began there; it was like an open door that nobody could shut. The land and all its dreariness could never close in on you. You had only to look at the lake, and you knew you would soon be free.”
—Willa Cather (1873–1947)
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—Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831)