Comparative Between China and Colombia

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,... More

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; estima Less