Total Area:
1,648,195 square kilometers Land Area: 1,531,595 square kilometers Water Area: 116,600 square kilometers Climate: It's. It's so dry out here. If I go to the Caspian Sea, though, it's pretty subtropical-ish. Terrain: Well, we got some mountains, and uh... We got some deserts, yeah. Arable Land Use: 9.78% Permanent Crop Use: 1.29% Irrigated Land: 89,930 sq km back in 2003. Total Renewable Water Sources: 137.5 cu cm as of 1997. Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 72.88 cu km per year. Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 1,048 cu m per year as of 2000. Natural Hazards: There are droughts, and there are floods. There are dust storms, sand storms, and sometimes earthquakes, too. Environmental Current Issues: Air pollution, overgrazing, desertification, oil pollution, deforestation, wetland losses, soil degradation, lack of potable water, water pollution. Total Labor Fource: 27.05 Million. Labour Force in Agriculture: 25% AGricultural Products. "wheat, rice, other grains, sugar beets, sugarcane, fruits, nuts, cotton; dairy products, wool; caviar" (www.cia.gov) |
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