Total Area: 267,710 sq km
Land Area : 267,710 sq km
Water Area: N/A
Climate description: temperate with sharp regional contrasts
Terrain description: predominately mountainous with large coastal plains
Arable Land Use: 43.2%
Permanent Crop Land Use: arable land 1.8%; permanent crops 0.3%; permanent pasture 41.1%
Irrigated Land : 6,193 sq km (2007)
Total Renewable Water Resources: 327 cu km (2011)
Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 4.75 cu km/yr (23%/5%/72%)
Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 1,200 cu m/yr (2010)
Natural Hazards description: earthquakes are common, though usually not severe; volcanic activity
Environmental Current Issues :deforestation; soil erosion; native flora and fauna hard-hit by invasive species
Total Labor Force: 84.2
% of Labor Force in Agriculture: 4.2%
Agricultural Products description: dairy products, sheep, beef, poultry, fruit, vegetables, wine, seafood, wheat and barley
Land Area : 267,710 sq km
Water Area: N/A
Climate description: temperate with sharp regional contrasts
Terrain description: predominately mountainous with large coastal plains
Arable Land Use: 43.2%
Permanent Crop Land Use: arable land 1.8%; permanent crops 0.3%; permanent pasture 41.1%
Irrigated Land : 6,193 sq km (2007)
Total Renewable Water Resources: 327 cu km (2011)
Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 4.75 cu km/yr (23%/5%/72%)
Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 1,200 cu m/yr (2010)
Natural Hazards description: earthquakes are common, though usually not severe; volcanic activity
Environmental Current Issues :deforestation; soil erosion; native flora and fauna hard-hit by invasive species
Total Labor Force: 84.2
% of Labor Force in Agriculture: 4.2%
Agricultural Products description: dairy products, sheep, beef, poultry, fruit, vegetables, wine, seafood, wheat and barley
Sheep grazing in a field in Taranaki, New Zealand.
Source: http://www.sisson.co.nz/sheep-grazing-farmland-taranaki/canvas-prints Wheat harvest, Canterbury
Source:http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/17561/wheat-harvest-canterbury |
Apricot Orchid in Bannackburn, New Zealand
Source: http://www.davidwallphoto.com/detail/8515-Apricot-orchard,-Bannockburn,-Central-Otago,-South-Island,-New-Zealand.html |