Total Area: 99,720 sq km
Land Area: 96,920 sq km
Water Area: 2,800 sq km
Climate: temperate, with rainfall heavier in summer than winter
Terrain: mostly hills and mountains; wide coastal plains in west and south
arable land: 14.93%
permanent crops: 2.06%
other: 83% (2011)
Irrigated Land: 8,804 sq km (2003)
Renewable Water Resources: 69.7 cu km (2011)
Freshwater withdrawal: 25.47 cu km/yr (26%/12%/62%)
Pet per person freshwater withdrawal: 548.7 cu m/yr (2003)
Natural Hazards: occasional typhoons bring high winds and floods; low-level seismic activity common in southwest volcanism: Halla (elev. 1,950 m) is considered historically active although it has not erupted in many centuries
Environmental Current Issues: air pollution in large cities; acid rain; water pollution from the discharge of sewage and industrial effluents; drift net fishing
Total Labor Force: 25.86 million (2013 est.)
Labor force in agriculture: 6.9%
Agricultural products: rice, root crops, barley, vegetables, fruit; cattle, pigs, chickens, milk, eggs; fish
Photo links:
chicken photo: http://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20071124&t=2&i=2273525&w=580&fh=&fw=&ll=&pl=&r=2007-11-24T023503Z_01_SEO266275_RTRUKOP_0_PICTURE0
tea photo: http://beyondtheinvisiblelines.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/boseong-green-tea-field-20101.jpg
rice photo: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9ruLREHgHDM/TDCZfEyvv4I/AAAAAAAAAYc/BhPhMn_314E/s1600/IMG_0851.JPG
fish photo: http://images.smh.com.au/2012/05/14/3295249/gal_CAVIAR_1-600x400.jpg
citrus photo: http://tong.visitkorea.or.kr/cms/resource/05/904605_image2_1.jpg
chicken photo: http://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20071124&t=2&i=2273525&w=580&fh=&fw=&ll=&pl=&r=2007-11-24T023503Z_01_SEO266275_RTRUKOP_0_PICTURE0
tea photo: http://beyondtheinvisiblelines.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/boseong-green-tea-field-20101.jpg
rice photo: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9ruLREHgHDM/TDCZfEyvv4I/AAAAAAAAAYc/BhPhMn_314E/s1600/IMG_0851.JPG
fish photo: http://images.smh.com.au/2012/05/14/3295249/gal_CAVIAR_1-600x400.jpg
citrus photo: http://tong.visitkorea.or.kr/cms/resource/05/904605_image2_1.jpg