<item>• <hi format=ital>meadows and pastures:</hi> 39%
<item>• <hi format=ital>forest and woodland:</hi> 24%
<item>• <hi format=ital>other:</hi> 24%
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<item><hi format=bold>Irrigated land:</hi> 51,500 sq km (1989 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Environment:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>current issues:</hi> natural water resources scarce and polluted in north, inaccessible and poor quality in center and extreme southeast; untreated sewage and industrial effluents polluting rivers in urban areas; deforestation; widespread erosion; desertification; serious air pollution in the national capital and urban centers along US-Mexico border
<item>• <hi format=ital>natural hazards:</hi> subject to tsunamis along the Pacific coast, destructive earthquakes in the center and south, and hurricanes on the Gulf and Caribbean coasts
<item>• <hi format=ital>international agreements:</hi> party to—Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling
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<item><hi format=bold>Note:</hi> strategic location on southern border of US