<item><hi format=bold>International disputes:</hi> short section of the boundary with Brazil, just west of Salto del Guaira (Guaira Falls) on the Rio Parana, has not been determined
<item><hi format=bold>Climate:</hi> varies from temperate in east to semiarid in far west
<item><hi format=bold>Terrain:</hi> grassy plains and wooded hills east of Rio Paraguay; Gran Chaco region west of Rio Paraguay mostly low, marshy plain near the river, and dry forest and thorny scrub elsewhere
<item><hi format=bold>Natural resources:</hi> hydropower, timber, iron ore, manganese, limestone
<item><hi format=bold>Land use:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>arable land:</hi> 20%
<item>• <hi format=ital>permanent crops:</hi> 1%
<item>• <hi format=ital>meadows and pastures:</hi> 39%
<item>• <hi format=ital>forest and woodland:</hi> 35%
<item>• <hi format=ital>other:</hi> 5%
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<item><hi format=bold>Irrigated land:</hi> 670 sq km (1989 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Environment:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>current issues:</hi> deforestation; water pollution; inadequate means for waste disposal present health hazards for many urban residents
<item>• <hi format=ital>natural hazards:</hi> local flooding in southeast (early September to June); poorly drained plains may become boggy (early October to June)
<item>• <hi format=ital>international agreements:</hi> party to—Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea; signed, but not ratified—Nuclear Test Ban
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<item><hi format=bold>Note:</hi> landlocked; buffer between Argentina and Brazil