<item><hi format=bold>Terrain:</hi> mostly highland with some plateaus, hills, and mountains
<item><hi format=bold>Natural resources:</hi> water, agricultural and grazing land, some diamonds and other minerals
<item><hi format=bold>Land use:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>arable land:</hi> 10%
<item>• <hi format=ital>permanent crops:</hi> 0%
<item>• <hi format=ital>meadows and pastures:</hi> 66%
<item>• <hi format=ital>forest and woodland:</hi> 0%
<item>• <hi format=ital>other:</hi> 24%
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<item><hi format=bold>Irrigated land:</hi> NA sq km
<item><hi format=bold>Environment:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>current issues:</hi> population pressure forcing settlement in marginal areas results in overgrazing, severe soil erosion, soil exhaustion; desertification
<item>• <hi format=ital>natural hazards:</hi> subject to periods of drought
<item>• <hi format=ital>international agreements:</hi> party to—Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands; signed, but not ratified—Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping
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<item><hi format=bold>Note:</hi> landlocked; surrounded by South Africa; Highlands Water Project will control, store, and redirect water to South Africa