heavily
... Uzbekistan is now the world's second-largest cotton exporter and fifth largest producer; it relies heavily on cotton production as the major source of export earnings. Other major export earners include ...
www.exxun.com/Uzbekistan/e_ec.html
heavily
... groupings are the most common, different continental dispositions are recognized or taught in certain parts of the world, with some arrangements more heavily based on cultural spheres rather than physical geographic considerations
www.exxun.com/World/b_mp.html
heavy
locally heavy rainfall causes periodic flooding on the plateau
www.exxun.com/Angola/b_mp.html
heavy
San Miguel de Tucuman and Mendoza areas in the Andes subject to earthquakes; pamperos are violent windstorms that can strike the pampas and northeast; heavy flooding
www.exxun.com/Argentina/b_mp.html
heavy
... from industrial emissions; rivers polluted from raw sewage, heavy metals, detergents; deforestation; forest damage from air pollution and resulting acid rain; soil contamination from heavy metals from metallurgical plants and industrial wastes
www.exxun.com/Bulgaria/b_mp.html
heavy
... Still, it faces many of the serious problems facing other underdeveloped countries, such as a top-heavy civil service and a generally unfavorable climate for business enterprise. Since 1990, the government has ...
www.exxun.com/Cameroon/e_ec.html
heavy
... governments. Repeated droughts during the second half of the 20th century caused significant hardship and prompted heavy emigration. As a result, Cape Verde's expatriate population is greater than its domestic one ...
www.exxun.com/CapeVerde/a_fg.html
heavy
... of the labor force contributes to a subsistence level of economic activity, high unemployment, and a heavy dependence on foreign grants and technical assistance. Agriculture, including fishing, hunting, and forestry, contributes 40 ...
www.exxun.com/Comoros/e_ec.html
heavy
... Costa Rica legally and illegally are an important source of (mostly unskilled) labor, but also place heavy demands on the social welfare system. Foreign investors remain attracted by the country's political ...
www.exxun.com/CostaRica/e_ec.html
heavy
coast has heavy surf and no natural harbors; during the rainy season torrential flooding is possible
www.exxun.com/Cote_d_Ivoire/b_mp.html
heavy
earthquakes; droughts; occasional cyclonic disturbances from the Indian Ocean bring heavy rains and flash floods
www.exxun.com/Djibouti/b_mp.html
heavy
tropical; moderated by northeast trade winds; heavy rainfall
www.exxun.com/Dominica/b_mp.html
heavy
extra heavy crude oil 578 km; gas 71 km; oil 1,389 km; refined products 1,185 km (2007)
www.exxun.com/Ecuador/g_tr.html
heavy
... century). The coups and a 1990 constitution that cemented native Melanesian control of Fiji, led to heavy Indian emigration; the population loss resulted in economic difficulties, but ensured that Melanesians became the ...
www.exxun.com/Fiji/a_fg.html
heavy
air pollution, particularly in Rust'avi; heavy pollution of Mtkvari River and the Black Sea; inadequate supplies of potable water; soil pollution from toxic chemicals
www.exxun.com/Georgia/b_mp.html
heavy
... and sugar-related industries, became one of the wealthiest in the Caribbean, but only through the heavy importation of African slaves and considerable environmental degradation. In the late 18th century, Haiti's ...
www.exxun.com/Haiti/a_fg.html
heavy
... 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 and streams, with heavy metals
www.exxun.com/Honduras/b_mp.html
heavy
... of the world's offshore oil production comes from the Indian Ocean. Beach sands rich in heavy minerals and offshore placer deposits are actively exploited by bordering countries, particularly India, South Africa ...
www.exxun.com/IndianOcean/e_ec.html
heavy
... hot, cloudless summers; northern mountainous regions along Iranian and Turkish borders experience cold winters with occasionally heavy snows that melt in early spring, sometimes causing extensive flooding in central and southern Iraq
www.exxun.com/Iraq/b_mp.html
heavy
heavy rates of deforestation; coastal waters polluted by industrial waste, sewage, and oil spills; damage to coral reefs; air pollution in Kingston results from vehicle emissions
www.exxun.com/Jamaica/b_mp.html
heavy
... US. While the emperor retains his throne as a symbol of national unity, elected politicians - with heavy input from bureaucrats and business executives - wield actual decisionmaking power. The economy experienced a major ...
www.exxun.com/Japan/a_fg.html
heavy
... breakup of the USSR in December 1991 and the collapse in demand for Kazakhstan's traditional heavy industry products resulted in a short-term contraction of the economy, with the steepest annual ...
www.exxun.com/Kazakhstan/e_ec.html
heavy
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
