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- Climate: predominantly Mediterranean; Alpine in far north; hot, dry
- in south
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- Terrain: mostly rugged and mountainous; some plains, coastal lowlands
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- Natural resources: mercury, potash, marble, sulfur, dwindling
- natural gas and crude oil reserves, fish, coal
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- Land use: 32% arable land; 10% permanent crops; 17% meadows and pastures;
- 22% forest and woodland; 19% other; includes 10% irrigated
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- Environment: regional risks include landslides, mudflows, snowslides,
- earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, flooding, pollution; land sinkage in Venice
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- Note: strategic location dominating central Mediterranean as
- well as southern sea and air approaches to Western Europe
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