Natural resources of Azerbaijan

Natural resources of Azerbaijan

The Azerbaijan is a country with very favorable natural conditions and rich natural resources. Snowy peaks, high mountains, foothill fertile soils, wide plains, Lowest Land Points Below Ocean Level are the main landscape forms of republic. This complex landscape structure has caused the variety in natural conditions - climate, soil-vegetation, and water resources. This, in turn, led to the uneven distribution of population and farms on the territory, and the specialization of production on different types.

Generally, the natural resources are understood by all the natural components that people use in life and economic activities. Natural resources are divided into the following groups:

Inexhaustible

Solar, geothermal, wind, nuclear energy, climate, water withdrawal and flood, sea currents.

Exhaustible

1. 
   Non-renewable
   

All minerals and hydrocarbons.

2. 
   Renewable
   

Soil, biological resources, water energy.