land: 7% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 29% forest and woodland: 54% other: 23% Irrigated land: 14,010 km2 (1990) Environment: contamination of soil and groundwater with agricultural chemicals, pesticides; salinization, water-logging of soil and ground water with petroleum products, oilfield equipment; steel, iron ore, copper, gold, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, uranium, bauxite, gold, diamonds, hardwood timber, shrimp, fish Land use: arable land: 21% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 3% forest and woodland: 67% other: 10% Irrigated land: NA km2 Environment: only 53 km Ports: Tartus, Latakia, Baniyas, Jablah Merchant marine: 1,618 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,686 GRT/9,742 DWT Airports: total: 1 usable: 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 1 with runways over 3,659 m: 0 with runways over 3,659 m: 0 with runways over 3,659 m: 0 with runways over 3,659 m: 0 with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 5 Telecommunications: NA *Slovakia, Defense Forces Branches: Royal Nepalese
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