Total: 22,966 sq km
Land: 22,806 sq km
Water: 160 sq km
Climate:
tropical; very hot and humid; rainy season (May to November); dry season (February to May)
Terrain:
flat, swampy coastal plain; low mountains in south
Land use:
arable land: 3.27%
permanent crops: 1.39%
Irrigated land:
30 sq km (2003)
Total renewable water resources:
18.55 cu km (2011)
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
total: 0.22 cu km/yr (4%/49%/46%)
per capita: 845.2 cu m/yr (2000)
Natural hazards:
frequent, devastating hurricanes (June to November) and coastal flooding (especially in south)
Environment - current issues:
deforestation; water pollution from sewage, industrial effluents, agricultural runoff; solid and sewage waste disposal
Agriculture - products:
bananas, cacao, citrus, sugar; fish, cultured shrimp; lumber
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 10.2%
Labor force:
120,500
Land: 22,806 sq km
Water: 160 sq km
Climate:
tropical; very hot and humid; rainy season (May to November); dry season (February to May)
Terrain:
flat, swampy coastal plain; low mountains in south
Land use:
arable land: 3.27%
permanent crops: 1.39%
Irrigated land:
30 sq km (2003)
Total renewable water resources:
18.55 cu km (2011)
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
total: 0.22 cu km/yr (4%/49%/46%)
per capita: 845.2 cu m/yr (2000)
Natural hazards:
frequent, devastating hurricanes (June to November) and coastal flooding (especially in south)
Environment - current issues:
deforestation; water pollution from sewage, industrial effluents, agricultural runoff; solid and sewage waste disposal
Agriculture - products:
bananas, cacao, citrus, sugar; fish, cultured shrimp; lumber
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 10.2%
Labor force:
120,500
This is a star fruit farm in Belize.
This Belize farmer is herding his goats.
Lumber is a a major agricultural export. And they use a lot of technology is process it.
This is a very large papaya farm in Belize, they are producing a unnatural amount of papaya on each tree.
This is a coco farm, in the image they are checking which coco fruit is ripe.