the Rockall area) Climate: temperate; cool to warm, cloudy, humid winters; warm summers Terrain: mostly high plateaus and valleys Natural resources: unexploited deposits of petroleum, iron ore, nickel, gold, pyrite, chrome Land use: arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 7% forest and woodland: 20% other: 9% Irrigated land: 30 km2 (1989 est.) Environment: Azores subject to typhoons from June to October Terrain: southern islands are too much occupied
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