disputes: none Climate: temperate; cool and rainy in north, warmer and drier in south Natural resources: petroleum, bauxite, iron ore, salt Land use: arable land: 1% permanent crops: 1% meadows and pastures: 6% forest and woodland: 0% other: 1% Irrigated land: 0 km2 Environment: subject to cyclones (October to April); southwest monsoon (June to October) Terrain: narrow coastal plain rising to savanna in south Terrain: mountains in west
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