word | | Natural resources |
phosphates
 map | Tunisia | petroleum, phosphates, iron ore, lead, zinc, salt |
phosphates
map | United States | coal, copper, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten, zinc, petroleum, natural gas, timber |
phosphates
map | Vietnam | phosphates, coal, manganese, bauxite, chromate, offshore oil and gas deposits, forests, hydropower |
phosphates
map | Western Sahara | phosphates, iron ore |
| phosphorite | Estonia | oil shale, peat, phosphorite, clay, limestone, sand, dolomite, arable land, sea mud |
| phosphorites | Moldova | lignite, phosphorites, gypsum, arable land, limestone |
placer deposits
map | Arctic Ocean | sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, polymetallic nodules, oil and gas fields, fish, marine mammals (seals and whales) |
placer deposits
map | Atlantic Ocean | oil and gas fields, fish, marine mammals (seals and whales), sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, polymetallic nodules, precious stones |
placer deposits
map | Indian Ocean | oil and gas fields, fish, shrimp, sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, polymetallic nodules |
placer deposits
map | Pacific Ocean | oil and gas fields, polymetallic nodules, sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, fish |
| plant species | World | the rapid depletion of nonrenewable mineral resources, the depletion of forest areas and wetlands, the extinction of animal and plant species, and the deterioration in air and water quality (especially in Eastern Europe, the former USSR, and China) pose serious long-term problems that governments and peoples are only beginning to address |
platinum
map | Antarctica | iron ore, chromium, copper, gold, nickel, platinum and other minerals, and coal and hydrocarbons have been found in small uncommercial quantities; none presently exploited; krill, finfish, and crab have been taken by commercial fisheries |
platinum
map | Brazil | bauxite, gold, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, platinum, tin, uranium, petroleum, hydropower, timber |
platinum
map | Burundi | nickel, uranium, rare earth oxides, peat, cobalt, copper, platinum, vanadium, arable land, hydropower, niobium, tantalum, gold, tin, tungsten, kaolin, limestone |
platinum
map | Ethiopia | small reserves of gold, platinum, copper, potash, natural gas, hydropower |
platinum
map | Greenland | coal, iron ore, lead, zinc, molybdenum, diamonds, gold, platinum, niobium, tantalite, uranium, fish, seals, whales, hydropower, possible oil and gas |
platinum
map | South Africa | gold, chromium, antimony, coal, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, tin, uranium, gem diamonds, platinum, copper, vanadium, salt, natural gas |
platinum
map | Suriname | timber, hydropower, fish, kaolin, shrimp, bauxite, gold, and small amounts of nickel, copper, platinum, iron ore |
| platinum group metals | Zimbabwe | coal, chromium ore, asbestos, gold, nickel, copper, iron ore, vanadium, lithium, tin, platinum group metals |
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