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lagged ... 5.1% in 2007. Macedonia has maintained macroeconomic stability with low inflation, but it has so far lagged the region in attracting foreign investment and creating jobs, despite making extensive fiscal and business ... www.exxun.com/Macedonia/e_ec.html
lagged ... process for joining the OECD. Despite its economic success, foreign direct investment (FDI) in Slovenia has lagged behind the region average, and taxes remain relatively high. Furthermore, the labor market is often ... www.exxun.com/Slovenia/e_ec.html
Lagging Lagging behind its Balkan neighbors, Albania is making the difficult transition to a more modern open-market economy. The government has taken measures to curb violent crime, and recently adopted a fiscal ... www.exxun.com/Albania/e_ec.html
Laghman ... Balkh, Bamian, Daykondi, Farah, Faryab, Ghazni, Ghowr, Helmand, Herat, Jowzjan, Kabol, Kandahar, Kapisa, Khowst, Konar, Kondoz, Laghman, Lowgar, Nangarhar, Nimruz, Nurestan, Oruzgan, Paktia, Paktika, Panjshir, Parvan, Samangan, Sar-e Pol, Takhar, Vardak ... www.exxun.com/Afghanistan/d_gv.html
Laghouat ... Bouira, Boumerdes, Chlef, Constantine, Djelfa, El Bayadh, El Oued, El Tarf, Ghardaia, Guelma, Illizi, Jijel, Khenchela, Laghouat, Mascara, Medea, Mila, Mostaganem, M'Sila, Naama, Oran, Ouargla, Oum el Bouaghi, Relizane, Saida, Setif ... www.exxun.com/Algeria/d_gv.html
Lago landlocked; shares control of Lago Titicaca, world's highest navigable lake (elevation 3,805 m), with Peru www.exxun.com/Bolivia/b_mp.html
Lago lowest point: Lago Enriquillo -46 m highest point: Pico Duarte 3,175 m www.exxun.com/DominicanRepublic/b_mp.html
Lago ... uncontrolled development and improper land use practices such as farming of marginal lands; mining activities polluting Lago de Yojoa (the country's largest source of fresh water), as well as several rivers ... www.exxun.com/Honduras/b_mp.html
Lago largest country in Central America; contains the largest freshwater body in Central America, Lago de Nicaragua www.exxun.com/Nicaragua/b_mp.html
Lago shares control of Lago Titicaca, world's highest navigable lake, with Bolivia; a remote slope of Nevado Mismi, a 5,316 m peak, is the ultimate source of the Amazon River www.exxun.com/Peru/b_mp.html
Lago 8,808 km note: 8,600 km of navigable tributaries of Amazon system and 208 km of Lago Titicaca (2007) www.exxun.com/Peru/g_tr.html
Lago sewage pollution of Lago de Valencia; oil and urban pollution of Lago de Maracaibo; deforestation; soil degradation; urban and industrial pollution, especially along the Caribbean coast; threat to the rainforest ecosystem from ... www.exxun.com/Venezuela/b_mp.html
lagoon no indigenous inhabitants note: Indonesian fishermen are allowed access to the lagoon and fresh water at Ashmore Reef's West Island www.exxun.com/AshmoreandCartierIslands/c_pp.html
lagoon ... off its coasts Bassas da India (Iles Eparses): atoll, awash at high tide; shallow (15 m) lagoon Europa Island, Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Island: low, flat, and sandy Tromelin Island (Iles ... www.exxun.com/FrenchSouthernandAntarcticLands/b_mp.html
lagoon heavy pollution in lagoon of south Tarawa atoll due to heavy migration mixed with traditional practices such as lagoon latrines and open-pit dumping; ground water at risk www.exxun.com/Kiribati/b_mp.html
lagoon ... sq km land: 181.3 sq km water: 0 sq km note: the archipelago includes 11,673 sq km of lagoon waters and includes the atolls of Bikini, Enewetak, Kwajalein, Majuro, Rongelap, and Utirik www.exxun.com/MarshallIslands/b_mp.html
lagoon consists of three atolls (Atafu, Fakaofo, Nukunonu), each with a lagoon surrounded by a number of reef-bound islets of varying length and rising to over 3 m above sea level www.exxun.com/Tokelau/b_mp.html
lagoon ... Earth; six of the nine coral atolls - Nanumea, Nui, Vaitupu, Nukufetau, Funafuti, and Nukulaelae - have lagoons open to the ocean; Nanumaya and Niutao have landlocked lagoons; Niulakita does not have a lagoon www.exxun.com/Tuvalu/b_mp.html
lagoon ... of the US Air Force. Kingman Reef: The US annexed the reef in 1922. Its sheltered lagoon served as a way station for flying boats on Hawaii-to-American Samoa flights during ... www.exxun.com/UnitedStatesPacificIsland/a_fg.html
lagoon ... 34 km in circumference; closed to the public Kingman Reef: barren coral atoll with deep interior lagoon; closed to the public Midway Islands: a coral atoll managed as a national wildlife refuge ... www.exxun.com/UnitedStatesPacificIsland/b_mp.html
lagoon ... of Insular Affairs of the US Department of the Interior continues to administer nine excluded areas comprising certain tidal and submerged lands within the 12 nm territorial sea or within the lagoon www.exxun.com/UnitedStatesPacificIsland/d_gv.html
lagoon ... again; the airstrip is no longer serviceable Johnston Atoll: one closed and not maintained Kingman Reef: lagoon was used as a halfway station between Hawaii and American Samoa by Pan American Airways ... www.exxun.com/UnitedStatesPacificIsland/g_tr.html
lagoon atoll of three low coral islands, Peale, Wake, and Wilkes, built up on an underwater volcano; central lagoon is former crater, islands are part of the rim www.exxun.com/WakeIsland/b_mp.html
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