word | | Natural resources |
forests
 map | Micronesia, Federated States of | forests, marine products, deep-seabed minerals, phosphate |
forests
map | Palau | forests, minerals (especially gold), marine products, deep-seabed minerals |
forests
map | Portugal | fish, forests (cork), iron ore, copper, zinc, tin, tungsten, silver, gold, uranium, marble, clay, gypsum, salt, arable land, hydropower |
forests
map | Saint Lucia | forests, sandy beaches, minerals (pumice), mineral springs, geothermal potential |
forests
map | Slovenia | lignite coal, lead, zinc, building stone, hydropower, forests |
forests
map | Solomon Islands | fish, forests, gold, bauxite, phosphates, lead, zinc, nickel |
forests
map | Swaziland | asbestos, coal, clay, cassiterite, hydropower, forests, small gold and diamond deposits, quarry stone, and talc |
forests
map | Vietnam | phosphates, coal, manganese, bauxite, chromate, offshore oil and gas deposits, forests, hydropower |
| formidable obstacles of climate | Russia | wide natural resource base including major deposits of oil, natural gas, coal, and many strategic minerals, timber
note: formidable obstacles of climate, terrain, and distance hinder exploitation of natural resources |
| fourth | India | coal (fourth-largest reserves in the world), iron ore, manganese, mica, bauxite, titanium ore, chromite, natural gas, diamonds, petroleum, limestone, arable land |
| fresh water as icebergs | Southern Ocean | probable large and possible giant oil and gas fields on the continental margin; manganese nodules, possible placer deposits, sand and gravel, fresh water as icebergs; squid, whales, and seals - none exploited; krill, fish |
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