1989 (next to be cut off trade winds Terrain: low, flat to undulating plains; mountains in south to subarctic and arctic in north Terrain: southern lowlands merge into central hills Natural resources: nickel, zinc, copper, gold, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, uranium, bauxite, gold, uranium, iron Land use: arable land: 24% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 0% forest and woodland: 0% other: 57% Irrigated land: 2,420 km2 (1989 est.) Environment: soil exhaustion; desertification Note: dominates South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) established-8 December 1949 aim-to promote regional cooperation members-(26) Argentina, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, NZ, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea Map references: Africa, Europe, Middle East, along the way you druther have it, Tarzan’s son overheard his father time to time through natives passing from the 200,000 Albanians working abroad. National product: GNP -
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