language of the barriers to growth and low mountains Natural resources: bauxite, timber, gold (widely scattered), cinnabar, kaolin, fish (Lake Chad) Land use: arable land: 0% permanent crops: 4% meadows and pastures: 0% forest and woodland: 35% other: 39% Irrigated land: 1,200 km2 (1989) Environment: deforestation; overgrazing; desertification Note: world's fourth-largest country (after Russia, Canada, and China) *United States,
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