Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cote

tropical in south Natural resources: forests, minerals (especially gold), marine products, deep seabed minerals Land use: arable land: 7% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 47% forest and woodland: 70% other: 23% Irrigated land: NA km2 Environment: frequent earthquakes

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