Egypt's Agriculture: Total Area: 1,001,450 sq kmLand Area: 995,450 sq km Water Area: 6,000 sq km Climate description: desert; hot, dry summers with moderate winters Terrain description: vast desert plateau interrupted by Nile valley and delta Arable Land Use: 2.92% Permanent Crop Land Use: 0.5% Irrigated Land: 35,300 sq km (2003) Total Renewable Water Resources: 86.8 cu km (1997) Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 68.3 cu km/yr (8%/6%/86%) Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 923 cu m/yr (2000) Natural Hazards description: periodic droughts; frequent earthquakes; flash floods; landslides; hot, driving windstorms called khamsin occur in spring; dust storms; sandstorms Environmental Current Issues: agricultural land being lost to urbanization and windblown sands; increasing soil salination below Aswan High Dam; desertification; oil pollution threatening coral reefs, beaches, and marine habitats; other water pollution from agricultural pesticides, raw sewage, and industrial effluents; limited natural freshwater resources away from the Nile, which is the only perennial water source; rapid growth in population overstraining the Nile and natural resources Total Labor Force: 27.24 million (2012 est.) % of Labor Force in Agriculture: 32% Agricultural Products description: cotton, rice, corn, wheat, beans, fruits, vegetables; cattle, water buffalo, sheep, goats