Total area: 243,610 sq km
Land area: 241,930 sq km
Water area: 1,680 sq km
Climate description: temperate; moderated by prevailing southwest winds over the north atlantic current; more than one half of the days are overcast.
Terrain description: mostly rugged hills and low mountains; level to rolling plains in the east and southeast.
Arable land use: 25.1 %
Permanent crop land use: 0.2%
Irrigated land: 950 sq km
Total renewable water resources: 147
Total freshwater withdrawal: 16
Per person freshwater withdrawal: 8.2
Natural hazards description: winter windstorms; floods
Environmental current issues: continues to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; by 2005 the government reduced the amount of industrial and commercial waste disposed of in landfill sites to 85% of 1998 levels and recycled or composted at least 25% of household waste, increasing to 33% by 2015
Total labor force: N/A
Percent of labor force in agriculture: 1.3%
Agricultural products description: N/A
Land area: 241,930 sq km
Water area: 1,680 sq km
Climate description: temperate; moderated by prevailing southwest winds over the north atlantic current; more than one half of the days are overcast.
Terrain description: mostly rugged hills and low mountains; level to rolling plains in the east and southeast.
Arable land use: 25.1 %
Permanent crop land use: 0.2%
Irrigated land: 950 sq km
Total renewable water resources: 147
Total freshwater withdrawal: 16
Per person freshwater withdrawal: 8.2
Natural hazards description: winter windstorms; floods
Environmental current issues: continues to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; by 2005 the government reduced the amount of industrial and commercial waste disposed of in landfill sites to 85% of 1998 levels and recycled or composted at least 25% of household waste, increasing to 33% by 2015
Total labor force: N/A
Percent of labor force in agriculture: 1.3%
Agricultural products description: N/A
Farmer using a tractor to get farmwork done more efficiently.
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Farming picking plant on their farm in the United Kingdom.
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Farm animals on a farm in the United Kingdom.
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Hay on a farm.
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Farmland in the United Kingdom.
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