Total Area: 110,879 sq km
Land Area: 108,489 sq km Water Area: 2,390 sq km Climate: Bulgaria is temperate with cold, damp winters and hot, dry summers. Terrain: Mostly mountains with lowlands in the north and southeast. Arable Land: 29.28% Permanent Crop Land Use: 1.44% Irrigated land: 1,046 sq km (2007) Total Renewable Water Resources: 21.3 cu km (2011) Freshwater Withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) Total: 6.12 cu km/yr (16%/68%/16%) Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 821.8 cu m/yr (2009) Natural Hazards: earthquakes; landslides Environmental Current Issues: air pollution from industrial emissions; rivers polluted from raw sewage, heavy metals, detergents; deforestation; forest damage from air pollution and resulting acid rain; soil contamination from heavy metals from metallurgical plants and industrial wastes Labor Force: 2.585 million (2012 est.) Labor Force - Agriculture: 7.1% Agriculture - Products: vegetables, fruits, tobacco, wine, wheat, barley, sunflowers, sugar beets; livestock |
Tobacco drying in the Bulgarian weather
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Bulgarian farmer harvesting apples
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