fluctuating
... the early 1970s. The oil sector now accounts for 50% of GDP. Gabon continues to face fluctuating prices for its oil, timber, and manganese exports. Despite the abundance of natural wealth, poor ...
www.exxun.com/Gabon/e_ec.html
fluctuating
... fishing) note: many nations (including the US) prohibit mineral resource exploration and exploitation south of the fluctuating Polar Front (Antarctic Convergence), which is in the middle of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and ...
www.exxun.com/SouthernOcean/b_mp.html
fluctuations
... significant producer and exporter of coffee and palm oil. Consequently, the economy is highly sensitive to fluctuations in international prices for these products, and, to a lesser extent, in climatic conditions. Despite ...
www.exxun.com/Cote_d_Ivoire/e_ec.html
fluctuations
... of the work force. The economy remains sensitive to declining fish stocks as well as to fluctuations in world prices for its main exports: fish and fish products, aluminum, and ferrosilicon. Substantial ...
www.exxun.com/Iceland/e_ec.html
fluctuations
... is concentrated on processing farm commodities. Mali is heavily dependent on foreign aid and vulnerable to fluctuations in world prices for cotton, its main export, along with gold. The government has continued ...
www.exxun.com/Mali/e_ec.html
fluctuations
... the south and east; trade winds and westerly winds are well-developed patterns, modified by seasonal fluctuations; tropical cyclones (hurricanes) may form south of Mexico from June to October and affect Mexico ...
www.exxun.com/PacificOcean/b_mp.html
fluctuations
... NZ, China, and Peru. The high cost of recovering offshore oil and gas, combined with the wide swings in world prices for oil since 1985, has led to fluctuations in new drillings
www.exxun.com/PacificOcean/e_ec.html
fluctuations
... coastal waters provide excellent fishing grounds. However, overdependence on minerals and metals subjects the economy to fluctuations in world prices, and a lack of infrastructure deters trade and investment. After several years ...
www.exxun.com/Peru/e_ec.html
fluctuations
... related violence along the Colombian border, increasing internal drug consumption, overdependence on the petroleum industry with its price fluctuations, and irresponsible mining operations that are endangering the rain forest and indigenous peoples
www.exxun.com/Venezuela/a_fg.html
fluid
... URP 6, PANGU 5, PDM 5, independents 19, others 33; note - election to 1 seat was nullified note: 15 other parties won 4 or fewer seats; association with political parties is fluid
www.exxun.com/PapuaNewGuinea/d_gv.html
fluid
... Liberal Party [Bartholomew ULUFA'ALU]; Solomon Islands Party for Rural Advancement or SIPRA [Job D. TAUSINGA]; United Party [Sir Peter KENILOREA] note: in general, Solomon Islands politics is characterized by fluid coalitions
www.exxun.com/SolomonIslands/d_gv.html
fluid
... 8, VP 8, VRP 4, MPP 3, VGP 3, other and independent 16; note - political party associations are fluid note: the National Council of Chiefs advises on matters of culture and language
www.exxun.com/Vanuatu/d_gv.html
fluorite
tin, rubber, natural gas, tungsten, tantalum, timber, lead, fish, gypsum, lignite, fluorite, arable land
www.exxun.com/Thailand/b_mp.html
fluorspar
metropolitan France: coal, iron ore, bauxite, zinc, uranium, antimony, arsenic, potash, feldspar, fluorspar, gypsum, timber, fish French Guiana: gold deposits, petroleum, kaolin, niobium, tantalum, clay
www.exxun.com/France/b_mp.html
fluorspar
coal, mercury, zinc, potash, marble, barite, asbestos, pumice, fluorspar, feldspar, pyrite (sulfur), natural gas and crude oil reserves, fish, arable land
www.exxun.com/Italy/b_mp.html
fluorspar
limestone, soda ash, salt, gemstones, fluorspar, zinc, diatomite, gypsum, wildlife, hydropower
www.exxun.com/Kenya/b_mp.html
fluorspar
coal, lead, tungsten, zinc, graphite, magnesite, iron ore, copper, gold, pyrites, salt, fluorspar, hydropower
www.exxun.com/Korea_North/b_mp.html
fluorspar
oil, coal, copper, molybdenum, tungsten, phosphates, tin, nickel, zinc, fluorspar, gold, silver, iron
www.exxun.com/Mongolia/b_mp.html
fluorspar
... traditionally been based on herding and agriculture. Mongolia has extensive mineral deposits. Copper, coal, gold, molybdenum, fluorspar, uranium, tin, and tungsten account for a large part of industrial production and foreign direct ...
www.exxun.com/Mongolia/e_ec.html
fluorspar
coal, lignite, iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, uranium, tungsten, mercury, pyrites, magnesite, fluorspar, gypsum, sepiolite, kaolin, potash, hydropower, arable land
www.exxun.com/Spain/b_mp.html
fluvial
... other commodities; an accord placed the long-disputed Isla Su·rez/Ilha de Guajar·-Mirim, a fluvial island on the RÌo MamorÈ, under Bolivian administration in 1958, but sovereignty remains in dispute
www.exxun.com/Bolivia/i_ti.html
fluvial
... Rio Parana; an accord placed the long-disputed Isla Su·rez/Ilha de Guajar·-Mirim, a fluvial island on the RÌo MamorÈ, under Bolivian administration in 1958, but sovereignty remains in dispute
www.exxun.com/Brazil/i_ti.html
fluvial
flat fluvial basin with an elevation of 400-700 m above sea level surrounded by several high mountain ranges with elevations of 2,000 to 2,500 m
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