Total Area: 923,768 sq km
Land Area: 910,768 sq km
Water Area: 13,000 sq km
Climate description: varies; equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north
Terrain description: southern lowlands merge into central hills and plateaus; mountains in southeast, plains in north
Arable Land Use: 38.97%
Permanent Crop Land Use: 3.46%
Irrigated Land: 2,932 sq km
Total Renewable Water Resources: 286.2 cu km
Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 13.11 cu km/yr
Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 89.21 cu m/yr
Natural Hazards description: periodic droughts; flooding
Environmental Current Issues: Soil degradation; rapid deforestation; urban air and water pollution; desertification; oil pollution - water, air, and soil; has suffered serious damage from oil spills; loss of arable land; rapid urbanization.
Total Labor Force: 51.53 million
% of Labor Force in Agriculture: 70%
Agricultural Products description: Cocoa, peanuts, cotton, palm oil, corn, rice, sorghum, millet, cassava (tapioca), yams, rubber; cattle, sheep, goats, pigs; timber; fish.
Land Area: 910,768 sq km
Water Area: 13,000 sq km
Climate description: varies; equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north
Terrain description: southern lowlands merge into central hills and plateaus; mountains in southeast, plains in north
Arable Land Use: 38.97%
Permanent Crop Land Use: 3.46%
Irrigated Land: 2,932 sq km
Total Renewable Water Resources: 286.2 cu km
Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 13.11 cu km/yr
Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 89.21 cu m/yr
Natural Hazards description: periodic droughts; flooding
Environmental Current Issues: Soil degradation; rapid deforestation; urban air and water pollution; desertification; oil pollution - water, air, and soil; has suffered serious damage from oil spills; loss of arable land; rapid urbanization.
Total Labor Force: 51.53 million
% of Labor Force in Agriculture: 70%
Agricultural Products description: Cocoa, peanuts, cotton, palm oil, corn, rice, sorghum, millet, cassava (tapioca), yams, rubber; cattle, sheep, goats, pigs; timber; fish.
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