AGRICulture
Total Area: 652,230 sq km
Land Area: 652,230 sq km
Water Area: 0 sq km
Climate description: arid to semiarid; cold winters and hot summers
Terrain description: mostly rugged mountains; plains in north and southwest
Arable Land Use: 11.95%
Permanent Crop Land Use: 0.18%
Irrigated Land: 32,080 sq km
Total Renewable Water Resources: 65.33 cu km
Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 20.28 cu km/yr
Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 823.1 cu m/yr
Natural Hazards description: damaging earthquakes occur in Hindu Kush mountains; flooding; droughts
Environmental Current Issues: limited natural freshwater resources; inadequate supplies of potable water; soil degradation; overgrazing; deforestation (much of the remaining forests are being cut down for fuel and building materials); desertification; air and water pollution
Total Labor Force: 7.512 million
% of Labor Force in Agriculture: 78.6%
Agricultural Products description: opium, wheat, fruits, nuts, wool, mutton, sheepskins, lambskins
Land Area: 652,230 sq km
Water Area: 0 sq km
Climate description: arid to semiarid; cold winters and hot summers
Terrain description: mostly rugged mountains; plains in north and southwest
Arable Land Use: 11.95%
Permanent Crop Land Use: 0.18%
Irrigated Land: 32,080 sq km
Total Renewable Water Resources: 65.33 cu km
Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 20.28 cu km/yr
Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 823.1 cu m/yr
Natural Hazards description: damaging earthquakes occur in Hindu Kush mountains; flooding; droughts
Environmental Current Issues: limited natural freshwater resources; inadequate supplies of potable water; soil degradation; overgrazing; deforestation (much of the remaining forests are being cut down for fuel and building materials); desertification; air and water pollution
Total Labor Force: 7.512 million
% of Labor Force in Agriculture: 78.6%
Agricultural Products description: opium, wheat, fruits, nuts, wool, mutton, sheepskins, lambskins