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... other industrial effluents is leading to the pollution of rivers and coastal waters; Mediterranean Sea, in particular, becoming polluted from oil wastes, soil erosion, and fertilizer runoff; inadequate supplies of potable water
www.exxun.com/Algeria/b_mp.html
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limited natural fresh water resources; the water division of the government has spent substantial funds in the past few years to improve water catchments and pipelines
www.exxun.com/AmericanSamoa/b_mp.html
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hydropower, mineral water, timber, iron ore, lead
www.exxun.com/Andorra/b_mp.html
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... demand for tropical timber and to domestic use as fuel, resulting in loss of biodiversity; soil erosion contributing to water pollution and siltation of rivers and dams; inadequate supplies of potable water
www.exxun.com/Angola/b_mp.html
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degree of risk: very high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: malaria, African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) water contact disease: schistosomiasis (2008)
www.exxun.com/Angola/c_pp.html
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gas 234 km; liquid petroleum gas 85 km; oil 896 km; oil/gas/water 5 km (2007)
www.exxun.com/Angola/g_tr.html
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supplies of potable water sometimes cannot meet increasing demand largely because of poor distribution system
www.exxun.com/Anguilla/b_mp.html
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... of arms centered in the outer half of the flag; the coat of arms depicts three orange dolphins in an interlocking circular design on a white background with blue wavy water below
www.exxun.com/Anguilla/d_gv.html
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water management - a major concern because of limited natural fresh water resources - is further hampered by the clearing of trees to increase crop production, causing rainfall to run off quickly
www.exxun.com/AntiguaandBarbuda/b_mp.html
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... island nation's agricultural production is focused on the domestic market and constrained by a limited water supply and a labor shortage stemming from the lure of higher wages in tourism and ...
www.exxun.com/AntiguaandBarbuda/e_ec.html
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... sq km note: includes Baffin Bay, Barents Sea, Beaufort Sea, Chukchi Sea, East Siberian Sea, Greenland Sea, Hudson Bay, Hudson Strait, Kara Sea, Laptev Sea, Northwest Passage, and other tributary water bodies
www.exxun.com/ArcticOcean/b_mp.html
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... problems (urban and rural) typical of an industrializing economy such as deforestation, soil degradation, desertification, air pollution, and water pollution note: Argentina is a world leader in setting voluntary greenhouse gas targets
www.exxun.com/Argentina/b_mp.html
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degree of risk: intermediate food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A water contact disease: leptospirosis (2008)
www.exxun.com/Argentina/c_pp.html
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gas 28,657 km; liquid petroleum gas 41 km; oil 5,607 km; refined products 3,052 km; unknown (oil/water) 13 km (2007)
www.exxun.com/Argentina/g_tr.html
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... Sevana Lich (Lake Sevan), a result of its use as a source for hydropower, threatens drinking water supplies; restart of Metsamor nuclear power plant in spite of its location in a seismically ...
www.exxun.com/Armenia/b_mp.html
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total: 193 sq km land: 193 sq km water: 0 sq km
www.exxun.com/Aruba/b_mp.html
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total: 5 sq km land: 5 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes Ashmore Reef (West, Middle, and East Islets) and Cartier Island
www.exxun.com/AshmoreandCartierIslands/b_mp.html
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no indigenous inhabitants note: Indonesian fishermen are allowed access to the lagoon and fresh water at Ashmore Reef's West Island
www.exxun.com/AshmoreandCartierIslands/c_pp.html
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... June; clockwise warm-water gyre (broad, circular system of currents) in the northern Atlantic, counterclockwise warm-water gyre in the southern Atlantic; the ocean floor is dominated by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge ...
www.exxun.com/AtlanticOcean/b_mp.html
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... development, urbanization, and poor farming practices; soil salinity rising due to the use of poor quality water; desertification; clearing for agricultural purposes threatens the natural habitat of many unique animal and plant ...
www.exxun.com/Australia/b_mp.html
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condensate/gas 469 km; gas 26,719 km; liquid petroleum gas 240 km; oil 3,720 km; oil/gas/water 110 km (2007)
www.exxun.com/Australia/g_tr.html
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total: 83,870 sq km land: 82,444 sq km water: 1,426 sq km
www.exxun.com/Austria/b_mp.html
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... to be the ecologically most devastated area in the world because of severe air, soil, and water pollution; soil pollution results from oil spills, from the use of DDT pesticide, and from ...
www.exxun.com/Azerbaijan/b_mp.html
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total: 13,940 sq km land: 10,070 sq km water: 3,870 sq km
www.exxun.com/Bahamas/b_mp.html