origin with interior mountains; Grand-Terre is low limestone formation Natural resources: fishing (largely undeveloped), tourism (especially from Japan) Land use: arable land: NA% permanent crops: 11% meadows and pastures: 19% forest and woodland: 5% other: 95% Irrigated land: 3,360 km2 (1989 est.) Environment: regional risks include landslides, mudflows, snowslides, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, flooding, pollution; land sinkage in Venice in November 1980; current name adopted
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