heavy
situation has improved since 1989 due to decline in heavy industry and increased environmental concern by post-Communist governments; air pollution nonetheless remains serious because of sulfur dioxide emissions from coal-fired ...
www.exxun.com/Poland/b_mp.html
heavy
air pollution from heavy industry, emissions of coal-fired electric plants, and transportation in major cities; industrial, municipal, and agricultural pollution of inland waterways and seacoasts; deforestation; soil erosion; soil contamination from ...
www.exxun.com/Russia/b_mp.html
heavy
tourism, light industry and manufacturing, heavy industry
www.exxun.com/SaintMartin/e_ec.html
heavy
... north, continental climate (cold winters and hot, humid summers with well distributed rainfall); in other parts, continental and Mediterranean climate (relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall and hot, dry summers and autumns
www.exxun.com/Serbia/b_mp.html
heavy
Sava River polluted with domestic and industrial waste; pollution of coastal waters with heavy metals and toxic chemicals; forest damage near Koper from air pollution (originating at metallurgical and chemical plants) and ...
www.exxun.com/Slovenia/b_mp.html
heavy
... constraints include declining oil production, high unemployment and inflation, rising budget deficits, and increasing pressure on water supplies caused by heavy use in agriculture, rapid population growth, industrial expansion, and water pollution
www.exxun.com/Syria/e_ec.html
heavy
... Togo in 1960. Gen. Gnassingbe EYADEMA, installed as military ruler in 1967, ruled Togo with a heavy hand for almost four decades. Despite the facade of multiparty elections instituted in the early ...
www.exxun.com/Togo/a_fg.html
heavy
... economy, with important agricultural, mining, tourism, and manufacturing sectors. Governmental control of economic affairs while still heavy has gradually lessened over the past decade with increasing privatization, simplification of the tax structure ...
www.exxun.com/Tunisia/e_ec.html
heavy
tropical; moderated by easterly trade winds (March to November); westerly gales and heavy rain (November to March)
www.exxun.com/Tuvalu/b_mp.html
heavy
... farms provided substantial quantities of meat, milk, grain, and vegetables to other republics. Likewise, its diversified heavy industry supplied the unique equipment (for example, large diameter pipes) and raw materials to industrial ...
www.exxun.com/Ukraine/e_ec.html
heavy
... 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 of many human health disorders; increasing soil ...
www.exxun.com/Uzbekistan/b_mp.html
heavy
extra heavy crude oil 992 km; gas 5,400 km; oil 7,607 km; refined products 1,650 km; unknown (oil/water) 141 km (2007)
www.exxun.com/Venezuela/g_tr.html
heavy
hot, dry desert; rain is rare; cold offshore air currents produce fog and heavy dew
www.exxun.com/WesternSahara/b_mp.html
heavy
... the black rhinoceros herd - once the largest concentration of the species in the world - has been significantly reduced by poaching; poor mining practices have led to toxic waste and heavy metal pollution
www.exxun.com/Zimbabwe/b_mp.html
Hebei
... and plural), and 4 municipalities (shi, singular and plural) provinces: Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang ...
www.exxun.com/China/d_gv.html
Hebrew
Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by many Palestinians), English (widely understood)
www.exxun.com/GazaStrip/c_pp.html
Hebrew
Hebrew (official), Arabic used officially for Arab minority, English most commonly used foreign language
www.exxun.com/Israel/c_pp.html
Hebrew
Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by Israeli settlers and many Palestinians), English (widely understood)
www.exxun.com/WestBank/c_pp.html
Hebrides
Part of the Norwegian Kingdom of the Hebrides until the 13th century when it was ceded to Scotland, the isle came under the British crown in 1765. Current concerns include reviving the ...
www.exxun.com/IsleofMan/a_fg.html
Hebrides
Multiple waves of colonizers, each speaking a distinct language, migrated to the New Hebrides in the millennia preceding European exploration in the 18th century. This settlement pattern accounts for the complex linguistic ...
www.exxun.com/Vanuatu/a_fg.html
Hebrides
conventional long form: Republic of Vanuatu conventional short form: Vanuatu local long form: Ripablik blong Vanuatu local short form: Vanuatu former: New Hebrides
www.exxun.com/Vanuatu/d_gv.html
hectare
... March 2008 to resolve ownership and use of lands recovered in Shenzhen River channelization, including 96-hectare Lok Ma Chau Loop; Hong Kong developing plans to reduce 2,000 out of 2,800 hectares ...
www.exxun.com/China/i_ti.html
hectares
world's largest producer of opium; poppy cultivation increased 17% to a near-record 202,000 hectares in 2007; good growing conditions pushed potential opium production to a record 8,000 metric tons, up ...
www.exxun.com/Afghanistan/i_ti.html
hectares
arable land: 6.15% (includes about 27 million hectares of cultivated grassland) permanent crops: 0.04% other: 93.81% (2005)
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