Land Use
Natural resources include coal, gold, hydropower, iron ore, limestone, natural gas, sand, iron sand and timber.
Land use:
- arable land: 5.54%
- permanent crops: 6.92%
- other: 87.54%
Irrigated land: 2,850 km² (2003)
Read more about this topic: Geography Of New Zealand
Famous quotes containing the word land:
“And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.”
—Bible: Hebrew Exodus, 3:8.
“The LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with a terrifying display of power, and with signs and wonders; and he brought us into this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Deuteronomy 26:8.