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Nicaragua > Geography (Facts)
Nicaragua - Geography (Facts) |
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Location: |
Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Costa Rica and Honduras |
Geographic coordinates: |
13 00 N, 85 00 W |
Map references: |
Central America and the Caribbean |
Area: |
total: 129,494 sq km land: 120,254 sq km water: 9,240 sq km |
Area - comparative: |
slightly smaller than the state of New York |
Land boundaries: |
total: 1,231 km border countries: Costa Rica 309 km, Honduras 922 km |
Coastline: |
910 km |
Maritime claims: |
territorial sea: 12 nm contiguous zone: 24 nm continental shelf: natural prolongation |
Climate: |
tropical in lowlands, cooler in highlands |
Terrain: |
extensive Atlantic coastal plains rising to central interior mountains; narrow Pacific coastal plain interrupted by volcanoes |
Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: Mogoton 2,438 m |
Natural resources: |
gold, silver, copper, tungsten, lead, zinc, timber, fish |
Land use: |
arable land: 14.81% permanent crops: 1.82% other: 83.37% (2005) |
Irrigated land: |
610 sq km (2003) |
Natural hazards: |
destructive earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides; extremely susceptible to hurricanes |
Environment - current issues: |
deforestation; soil erosion; water pollution |
Environment - international agreements: |
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: Environmental Modification |
Geography - note: |
largest country in Central America; contains the largest freshwater body in Central America, Lago de Nicaragua |
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