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petroleum, natural gas, sulfur, salt
www.exxun.com/Turkmenistan/b_mp.html
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... goals remain limited. From 1998-2005, Turkmenistan suffered from the continued lack of adequate export routes for natural gas and from obligations on extensive short-term external debt. At the same time, however ...
www.exxun.com/Turkmenistan/e_ec.html
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limited natural fresh water resources, private cisterns collect rainwater
www.exxun.com/TurksandCaicosIslands/b_mp.html
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Uganda has substantial natural resources, including fertile soils, regular rainfall, and sizable mineral deposits of copper, cobalt, gold, and other minerals. Agriculture is the most important sector of the economy, employing over ...
www.exxun.com/Uganda/e_ec.html
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iron ore, coal, manganese, natural gas, oil, salt, sulfur, graphite, titanium, magnesium, kaolin, nickel, mercury, timber, arable land
www.exxun.com/Ukraine/b_mp.html
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... external shocks. Ukraine depends on imports to meet about three-fourths of its annual oil and natural gas requirements. A dispute with Russia over pricing in late 2005 and early 2006 led ...
www.exxun.com/Ukraine/e_ec.html
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lack of natural freshwater resources compensated by desalination plants; desertification; beach pollution from oil spills
www.exxun.com/UnitedArabEmirates/b_mp.html
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crude oil 45%, natural gas, reexports, dried fish, dates
www.exxun.com/UnitedArabEmirates/e_ec.html
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coal, petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, lead, zinc, gold, tin, limestone, salt, clay, chalk, gypsum, potash, silica sand, slate, arable land
www.exxun.com/UnitedKingdom/b_mp.html
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... of food needs with less than 2% of the labor force. The UK has large coal, natural gas, and oil reserves; primary energy production accounts for 10% of GDP, one of the ...
www.exxun.com/UnitedKingdom/e_ec.html
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... dioxide 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 ...
www.exxun.com/UnitedStates/b_mp.html
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petroleum products 244,620 km; natural gas 548,665 km (2006)
www.exxun.com/UnitedStates/g_tr.html
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... shorebirds, and marine wildlife; closed to the public Johnston Atoll: Johnston Island and Sand Island are natural islands, which have been expanded by coral dredging; North Island (Akau) and East Island (Hikina ...
www.exxun.com/UnitedStatesPacificIsland/b_mp.html
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... Montevideo, founded by the Spanish in 1726 as a military stronghold, soon took advantage of its natural harbor to become an important commercial center. Claimed by Argentina but annexed by Brazil in ...
www.exxun.com/Uruguay/a_fg.html
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shrinkage of the Aral Sea is resulting in growing concentrations of chemical pesticides and natural salts; these substances are then blown from the increasingly exposed lake bed and contribute to desertification; water ...
www.exxun.com/Uzbekistan/b_mp.html
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... on cotton production as the major source of export earnings. Other major export earners include gold, natural gas, and oil. Following independence in September 1991, the government sought to prop up its ...
www.exxun.com/Uzbekistan/e_ec.html
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... from import duties. Economic development is hindered by dependence on relatively few commodity exports, vulnerability to natural disasters, and long distances from main markets and between constituent islands. In response to foreign ...
www.exxun.com/Vanuatu/e_ec.html
natural
petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, gold, bauxite, other minerals, hydropower, diamonds
www.exxun.com/Venezuela/b_mp.html
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important location along the Anegada Passage - a key shipping lane for the Panama Canal; Saint Thomas has one of the best natural deepwater harbors in the Caribbean
www.exxun.com/VirginIslands/b_mp.html
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... consequence of cutting down the forests, the mountainous terrain of Futuna is particularly prone to erosion; there are no permanent settlements on Alofi because of the lack of natural fresh water resources
www.exxun.com/WallisandFutuna/b_mp.html
natural
large areas subject to severe weather (tropical cyclones), natural disasters (earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions)
www.exxun.com/World/b_mp.html
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limited natural fresh water resources; inadequate supplies of potable water; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification
www.exxun.com/Yemen/b_mp.html
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landlocked; the Zambezi forms a natural riverine boundary with Zimbabwe
www.exxun.com/Zambia/b_mp.html
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landlocked; the Zambezi forms a natural riverine boundary with Zambia; in full flood (February-April) the massive Victoria Falls on the river forms the world's largest curtain of falling water
www.exxun.com/Zimbabwe/b_mp.html
