Total Area:69,700 sq km
Land Area:69,700 sq km
Water Area:0 sq km
Climate Description:warm and pleasant; Mediterranean-like on Black Sea coast
Terrain Description:largely mountainous with Great Caucasus Mountains in the north and Lesser Caucasus Mountains in the south; Kolkhet'is Dablobi (Kolkhida Lowland) opens to the Black Sea in the west; Mtkvari River Basin in the east; good soils in river valley flood plains, foothills of Kolkhida Lowland
Arable land use:5.94%
Permanent crop land use:1.65%
Irragated Land: 4,328 sq km (2007)
Total renewable water resources:63.33 cu km (2011)
Total freshwater withdrawal:1.81 cu km/yr (20%/22%/58%)
Per person freshwater withdrawal:410.6 cu m/yr (2005)
Natural hazards description:earthquakes
Enviormental current issues:air pollution, particularly in Rust'avi; heavy pollution of Mtkvari River and the Black Sea; inadequate supplies of potable water; soil pollution from toxic chemicals
Total labor force:1.959 million (2011 est.)
% of labor force in agriculture:55.6%
Agricultural products description: Wine
Land Area:69,700 sq km
Water Area:0 sq km
Climate Description:warm and pleasant; Mediterranean-like on Black Sea coast
Terrain Description:largely mountainous with Great Caucasus Mountains in the north and Lesser Caucasus Mountains in the south; Kolkhet'is Dablobi (Kolkhida Lowland) opens to the Black Sea in the west; Mtkvari River Basin in the east; good soils in river valley flood plains, foothills of Kolkhida Lowland
Arable land use:5.94%
Permanent crop land use:1.65%
Irragated Land: 4,328 sq km (2007)
Total renewable water resources:63.33 cu km (2011)
Total freshwater withdrawal:1.81 cu km/yr (20%/22%/58%)
Per person freshwater withdrawal:410.6 cu m/yr (2005)
Natural hazards description:earthquakes
Enviormental current issues:air pollution, particularly in Rust'avi; heavy pollution of Mtkvari River and the Black Sea; inadequate supplies of potable water; soil pollution from toxic chemicals
Total labor force:1.959 million (2011 est.)
% of labor force in agriculture:55.6%
Agricultural products description: Wine
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Georgia has been particularly hard hit by drought over the last several years and farmers in the area have had to increasingly rely on irrigation
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A tea plantation in Guria, recently rehabilitated by USAID farmer-assistance project in Georgia
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