water total: 748 sq km land: 718 sq km water: 30 sq km www.exxun.com/Tonga/b_mp.html
water water pollution from agricultural chemicals, industrial wastes, and raw sewage; oil pollution of beaches; deforestation; soil erosion www.exxun.com/TrinidadandTobago/b_mp.html
water toxic and hazardous waste disposal is ineffective and poses health risks; water pollution from raw sewage; limited natural fresh water resources; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification www.exxun.com/Tunisia/b_mp.html
water water pollution from dumping of chemicals and detergents; air pollution, particularly in urban areas; deforestation; concern for oil spills from increasing Bosporus ship traffic www.exxun.com/Turkey/b_mp.html
water contamination of soil and groundwater with agricultural chemicals, pesticides; salination, water logging of soil due to poor irrigation methods; Caspian Sea pollution; diversion of a large share of the flow of the ... www.exxun.com/Turkmenistan/b_mp.html
water cotton monoculture in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan creates water-sharing difficulties for Amu Darya river states; field demarcation of the boundaries with Kazakhstan commenced in 2005, but Caspian seabed delimitation remains stalled with ... www.exxun.com/Turkmenistan/i_ti.html
water limited natural fresh water resources, private cisterns collect rainwater www.exxun.com/TurksandCaicosIslands/b_mp.html
water since there are no streams or rivers and groundwater is not potable, most water needs must be met by catchment systems with storage facilities (the Japanese Government has built one desalination plant ... www.exxun.com/Tuvalu/b_mp.html
water draining of wetlands for agricultural use; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; water hyacinth infestation in Lake Victoria; widespread poaching www.exxun.com/Uganda/b_mp.html
water degree of risk: very high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: chikungunya, malaria, plague, and African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) water contact disease: schistosomiasis (2008) www.exxun.com/Uganda/c_pp.html
water inadequate supplies of potable water; air and water pollution; deforestation; radiation contamination in the northeast from 1986 accident at Chornobyl' Nuclear Power Plant www.exxun.com/Ukraine/b_mp.html
water total: 83,600 sq km land: 83,600 sq km water: 0 sq km www.exxun.com/UnitedArabEmirates/b_mp.html
water condensate 520 km; gas 2,908 km; liquid petroleum gas 300 km; oil 2,950 km; oil/gas/water 5 km; refined products 156 km (2007) www.exxun.com/UnitedArabEmirates/g_tr.html
water total: 244,820 sq km land: 241,590 sq km water: 3,230 sq km note: includes Rockall and Shetland Islands www.exxun.com/UnitedKingdom/b_mp.html
water condensate 567 km; condensate/gas 22 km; gas 18,980 km; liquid petroleum gas 59 km; oil 4,930 km; oil/gas/water 165 km; refined products 4,444 km (2007) www.exxun.com/UnitedKingdom/g_tr.html
water ... from the burning of fossil fuels; water pollution from runoff of pesticides and fertilizers; limited natural fresh water resources in much of the western part of the country require careful management; desertification www.exxun.com/UnitedStates/b_mp.html
water ... rainfall in recent years along much of the Mexico-US border region has ameliorated periodically strained water-sharing arrangements; 1990 Maritime Boundary Agreement in the Bering Sea still awaits Russian Duma ratification ... www.exxun.com/UnitedStates/i_ti.html
water ... single country's jurisdiction. They protect many endemic species including corals, fish, shellfish, marine mammals, seabirds, water birds, land birds, insects, and vegetation not found elsewhere. Baker Island: The US took possession ... www.exxun.com/UnitedStatesPacificIsland/a_fg.html
water Baker, Howland, and Jarvis Islands, and Johnston Atoll: no natural fresh water resources Kingman Reef: none Midway Islands and Palmyra Atoll: NA www.exxun.com/UnitedStatesPacificIsland/b_mp.html
water water pollution from meat packing/tannery industry; inadequate solid/hazardous waste disposal www.exxun.com/Uruguay/b_mp.html
water ... production of "white gold" (cotton) and grain led to overuse of agrochemicals and the depletion of water supplies, which have left the land poisoned and the Aral Sea and certain rivers half ... www.exxun.com/Uzbekistan/a_fg.html
water ... salts; these substances are then blown from the increasingly exposed lake bed and contribute to desertification; water pollution from industrial wastes and the heavy use of fertilizers and pesticides is the cause ... www.exxun.com/Uzbekistan/b_mp.html
water prolonged drought and cotton monoculture in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan creates water-sharing difficulties for Amu Darya river states; field demarcation of the boundaries with Kazakhstan commenced in 2004; border delimitation of 130 ... www.exxun.com/Uzbekistan/i_ti.html
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