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Turkmenistan
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Turkmenistan has substantial reserves of oil and gas, and geologists
have estimated that 99.5 percent of its territory is conducive to
prospecting. The republic also has deposits of sulfur, hydrocarbons,
iodine, celestine, potassium salt, magnesium salt, sodium chloride,
bentonite clays, limestone, gypsum, brown coal, cement, basalt, and
dolomite. Its soils, which have been formed under conditions of
continental climate, are mostly desert sands, with a variety of other
types such as desert loess, meadow clays, and "irrigated" soils,
in some regions. Under those conditions, large-scale agriculture must be
supported by irrigation in nearly all areas.
Data as of March 1996
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