Total Area - 912,050 sq km
Land Area - 882,050 sq km Water Area - 30,000 sq km Climate description - Tropical; hot, humid; moderate in highlands Terrain description - Andes Mountains and Maracaibo Lowlands in northwest; central plains; Guiana Highlands in southeast Arable Land Use - 2.85% Permanent Crop Land Use - 0.88% Irrigated Land - 5,800 sq km Total Renewable Water Resources - 1,233.2 cu km Total Freshwater Withdrawal - 8.37 cu km/yr Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal - 313 cu m/yr Natural Hazards description - Subject to floods, rockslides, mudslides; periodic droughts Environmental Current Issues - Sewage pollution of Lago de Valencia; oil and urban pollution of Lago de Maracaibo; deforestation; soil degradation; urban and industrial pollution Total Labor Force - 13.7 million % of Labor Force in Agriculture - 7.3% Agricultural Products description - Corn, sorghum, sugarcane, rice, bananas, vegetables, coffee; beef, pork, milk, eggs; fish |