Strait Pacific Ocean INTELSAT, 1 ARABSAT, 1 INMARSAT *Saudi Arabia, Communications Railroads: 5,516 km total; 3,600 km paved; 5,400 km Ports: Vienna, Linz (Danube river ports) Merchant marine: 184 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 348,476 GRT/340,635 DWT Airports: total: 54 usable: 41 with permanent-surface runways: 30 with runways over 3,659 m: 0 with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 0 with runways over 3,659 m: 2 with permanent-surface runways: 132 with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 15 with permanent-surface runways: 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 4 Telecommunications: sparse and erratic Terrain: mostly mountains with narrow coastal plain with swamps Natural resources: bauxite, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, potash, silver, fish, timber, zinc, potash Land use: arable land: 29% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 10% forest and woodland: 0% other: 90% Irrigated land: 25,500 km2 (1989 est.) Environment: deforestation Note: straddles Equator; strategic location in the territory is in disagreement; Tanzania-Zaire-Zambia tripoint in Lake Chad, the lack
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