CHINA COLOMBIA
PHYSICAL ASPECTS
AREA OF COUNTRY total: 9,596,960 sq km
land: 9,326,410 sq km
water: 270,550 sq km
total: 1,138,910 sq km
land: 1,038,700 sq km
water: 100,210 sq km
NATURAL RESOURCES coal, iron ore, petroleum, natural gas, mercury, tin,...
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CHINA COLOMBIA
PHYSICAL ASPECTS
AREA OF COUNTRY total: 9,596,960 sq km
land: 9,326,410 sq km
water: 270,550 sq km
total: 1,138,910 sq km
land: 1,038,700 sq km
water: 100,210 sq km
NATURAL RESOURCES coal, iron ore, petroleum, natural gas, mercury, tin,
tungsten, antimony, manganese, molybdenum, vanadium,
magnetite, aluminum, lead, zinc, rare earth elements,
uranium, hydropower potential
petroleum, natural gas, coal, iron ore, nickel,
gold, copper, emeralds, hydropower
NATURAL HAZARDS frequent typhoons, damaging floods; tsunamis;
earthquakes; droughts; land subsidence, volcanism
highlands subject to volcanic eruptions;
occasional earthquakes; periodic droughts,
volcanism
ENVIROMENT ISSUES air pollution (greenhouse gases, sulfur dioxide particulates)
from reliance on coal produces acid rain; China is the
world's largest single emitter of carbon dioxide from the
burning of fossil fuels; water shortages, particularly in the
north; water pollution from untreated wastes; deforestation;
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