| Climate Georgia :
| warm and pleasant; Mediterranean-like on Black Sea coast
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| Terrain Georgia :
| largely mountainous with Great Caucasus Mountains in the north and Lesser Caucasus Mountains in the south; Kolkhet'is Dablobi (Kolkhida Lowland) opens to the Black Sea in the west; Mtkvari River Basin in the east; good soils in river valley flood plains, foothills of Kolkhida Lowland
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| Elevation extremes lowest Georgia :
| Black Sea 0 m
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| Elevation extremes highest Georgia :
| Mt'a Shkhara 5,201 m
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| Natural resources Georgia :
| forests, hydropower, manganese deposits, iron ore, copper, minor coal and oil deposits; coastal climate and soils allow for important tea and citrus growth
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| Land use arableland Georgia :
| 11,44%
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| Irrigated land Georgia :
| 4,700 sq km (1998 est.)
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| Natural hazards Georgia :
| earthquakes
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| Environment current issues Georgia :
| air pollution, particularly in Rust'avi; heavy pollution of Mtkvari River and the Black Sea; inadequate supplies of potable water; soil pollution from toxic chemicals
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| Geography note Georgia :
| strategically located east of the Black Sea; Georgia controls much of the Caucasus Mountains and the routes through them
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