Total area: 783,562 sq km
Land area: 769,632 sq km
Water area: 13,930 sq km
climate desciption: temperate; hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters; harsher in interior
Terrain description: high central plateau (Anatolia); narrow coastal plain; several mountain ranges
Aarable land use: 26.21%
permanent crop land use: 3.94%
irrigation land: 53,400 sq km (2012)
total renewable water resources: 211.6 cu km (2011)
total freshwater withdrawl: 40.1 cu km/yr (14%/10%/76%)
per person freshwater withdrawal: 572.9 cu m/yr (2008)
natural hazards description: severe earthquakes, especially in northern Turkey, along an arc extending from the Sea of Marmara to Lake Van volcanism: limited volcanic activity; its three historically active volcanoes; Ararat, Nemrut Dagi, and Tendurek Dagi have not erupted since the 19th century or earlierenviornmental current issues: water pollution from dumping of chemicals and detergents; air pollution, particularly in urban areas; deforestation; concern for oil spills from increasing Bosporus ship traffic
total labor force: 27.34 million
percent of labor force in agriculture: 25.5%
agricultural products description: tobacco, cotton, grain, olives, sugar beets, hazelnuts, pulses, citrus; livestock
Land area: 769,632 sq km
Water area: 13,930 sq km
climate desciption: temperate; hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters; harsher in interior
Terrain description: high central plateau (Anatolia); narrow coastal plain; several mountain ranges
Aarable land use: 26.21%
permanent crop land use: 3.94%
irrigation land: 53,400 sq km (2012)
total renewable water resources: 211.6 cu km (2011)
total freshwater withdrawl: 40.1 cu km/yr (14%/10%/76%)
per person freshwater withdrawal: 572.9 cu m/yr (2008)
natural hazards description: severe earthquakes, especially in northern Turkey, along an arc extending from the Sea of Marmara to Lake Van volcanism: limited volcanic activity; its three historically active volcanoes; Ararat, Nemrut Dagi, and Tendurek Dagi have not erupted since the 19th century or earlierenviornmental current issues: water pollution from dumping of chemicals and detergents; air pollution, particularly in urban areas; deforestation; concern for oil spills from increasing Bosporus ship traffic
total labor force: 27.34 million
percent of labor force in agriculture: 25.5%
agricultural products description: tobacco, cotton, grain, olives, sugar beets, hazelnuts, pulses, citrus; livestock
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