depicts
... Islander coat of arms centered in the outer half of the flag; the coat of arms depicts a woman flanked on either side by a vertical column of six oil lamps above ...
www.exxun.com/BritishVirginIslands/d_gv.html
depicts
... side quadrant and the Fijian shield centered on the outer half of the flag; the shield depicts a yellow lion above a white field quartered by the cross of Saint George featuring ...
www.exxun.com/Fiji/d_gv.html
depicts
... horizontal bands of black (top), yellow, red, black, yellow, and red; a white disk is superimposed at the center and depicts a red-crested crane (the national symbol) facing the hoist side
www.exxun.com/Uganda/d_gv.html
depleted
Revenues of this tiny island have traditionally come from exports of phosphates, now significantly depleted. An Australian company in 2005 entered into an agreement intended to exploit remaining supplies. Few other resources ...
www.exxun.com/Nauru/e_ec.html
depleted
... focus is on containing spending on the extensive welfare system and planning for the time when petroleum reserves are depleted. In referenda held in 1972 and 1994, Norway rejected joining the EU
www.exxun.com/Norway/a_fg.html
depleted
rapid population growth pressuring the environment; overharvesting of timber, expansion of cattle grazing, and slash-and-burn agriculture have resulted in deforestation and soil exhaustion; civil war depleted natural resources; overfishing
www.exxun.com/SierraLeone/b_mp.html
depleted
limited supplies of potable water; wildlife populations being depleted because of excessive hunting; overgrazing; soil degradation; soil erosion
www.exxun.com/Swaziland/b_mp.html
depleted
... earth's surface. The first half of the 20th century saw the UK's strength seriously depleted in two World Wars and the Irish republic withdraw from the union. The second half ...
www.exxun.com/UnitedKingdom/a_fg.html
depletion
... light passing through the hole damages the DNA of icefish, an antarctic fish lacking hemoglobin; ozone depletion earlier was shown to harm one-celled antarctic marine plants; in 2002, significant areas of ...
www.exxun.com/Antarctica/b_mp.html
depletion
... economic reforms adopted in the 1980s. Long-term concerns include climate-change issues such as the depletion of the ozone layer and more frequent droughts, and management and conservation of coastal areas ...
www.exxun.com/Australia/a_fg.html
depletion
... natural gas supplies as feedstock to support its expanding petrochemical and aluminum industries. Unemployment, especially among the young, and the depletion of oil and underground water resources are long-term economic problems
www.exxun.com/Bahrain/e_ec.html
depletion
tourism, phosphate extraction (near depletion)
www.exxun.com/ChristmasIsland/e_ec.html
depletion
desertification; salination of fresh water; sewage treatment; water-borne disease; soil degradation; depletion and contamination of underground water resources
www.exxun.com/GazaStrip/b_mp.html
depletion
... and reservoirs degrading water quality and threatening aquatic life; Japan is one of the largest consumers of fish and tropical timber, contributing to the depletion of these resources in Asia and elsewhere
www.exxun.com/Japan/b_mp.html
depletion
depletion of freshwater aquifers threatens water supplies; global warming and sea level rise; coral reef bleaching
www.exxun.com/Maldives/b_mp.html
depletion
... capital and urban centers along US-Mexico border; land subsidence in Valley of Mexico caused by groundwater depletion note: the government considers the lack of clean water and deforestation national security issues
www.exxun.com/Mexico/b_mp.html
depletion
... the WTO in December 2005, and promotes foreign investment in the kingdom. A burgeoning population, aquifer depletion, and an economy largely dependent on petroleum output and prices are all ongoing governmental concerns
www.exxun.com/SaudiArabia/a_fg.html
depletion
desertification; depletion of underground water resources; the lack of perennial rivers or permanent water bodies has prompted the development of extensive seawater desalination facilities; coastal pollution from oil spills
www.exxun.com/SaudiArabia/b_mp.html
depletion
... and size of small and medium enterprises and attract foreign direct investment is acute. Overgrazing, soil depletion, drought, and sometimes floods persist as problems for the future. More than one-fourth of ...
www.exxun.com/Swaziland/e_ec.html
depletion
land subsidence in Bangkok area resulting from the depletion of the water table; droughts
www.exxun.com/Thailand/b_mp.html
depletion
... era, intensive 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 ...
www.exxun.com/Uzbekistan/a_fg.html
depletion
... subject to overpopulation, industrial disasters, pollution (air, water, acid rain, toxic substances), loss of vegetation (overgrazing, deforestation, desertification), loss of wildlife, soil degradation, soil depletion, erosion; global warming becoming a greater concern
www.exxun.com/World/b_mp.html
deploy
... Arabia accepted the Kuwaiti royal family and 400,000 refugees while allowing Western and Arab troops to deploy on its soil for the liberation of Kuwait the following year. The continuing presence of ...
www.exxun.com/SaudiArabia/a_fg.html
