United Kingdoms Agriculture: Total area:243,610 sq km Land Area:241,930 sq km Water Area:1,680 sq km Climate description: temperate; moderated by prevailing southwest winds over the North Atlantic Current; more than one-half of the days are overcast Terrain description: mostly rugged hills and low mountains; level to rolling plains in east and southeast Arable Land Use: 23.23% Permanent Crop Land Use:0.2% Irrigated Land: 1,950 sq km (2003) Total Renewable Water Resources: 160.6 cu km (2005) Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 11.75 cu km/yr (22%/75%/3%) Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 197 cu m/yr (1994) Natural Hazards description: winter windstorms; floods Environmental Current Issues: continues to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (has met Kyoto Protocol target of a 12.5% reduction from 1990 levels and intends to meet the legally binding target and move toward a domestic goal of a 20% cut in emissions by 2010); by 2005 the government reduced the amount of industrial and commercial waste disposed of in landfill sites to 85% of 1998 levels and recycled or composted at least 25% of household waste, increasing to 33% by 2015 Total Labor Force: 31.9 million (2012 est.) % of Labor Force in Agriculture: 1.4% Agricultural Products description: cereals, oilseed, potatoes, vegetables; cattle, sheep, poultry; fish