Geography Of Guatemala

Location	Central America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between El Salvador and Mexico, and bordering the Gulf of Honduras (Caribbean Sea) between Honduras and Belize
Geographic coordinates	15 30 N, 90 15 W
Map references	central_america
Area	total: 108,890 sq km water: 460 sq km land: 108,430 sq km
Area comparative	slightly smaller than Tennessee
Land boundaries	total: 1,687 km border countries: Belize 266 km, El Salvador 203 km, Honduras 256 km, Mexico 962 km
Coastline	400 km
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
Climate	tropical; hot, humid in lowlands; cooler in highlands
Terrain	mostly mountains with narrow coastal plains and rolling limestone plateau (Peten)
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: Volcan Tajumulco 4,211 m
Natural resources	petroleum, nickel, rare woods, fish, chicle, hydropower
Land use	arable land: 12.54% permanent crops: 5.03% other: 82.43% (2001)
Irrigated land	1,250 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards	numerous volcanoes in mountains, with occasional violent earthquakes; Caribbean coast extremely susceptible to hurricanes and other tropical storms
Environment - current issues	deforestation in the Peten rainforest; soil erosion; water pollution
Environment - international agreements	party to: Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Geography note	no natural harbors on west coast

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This information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.

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Geography Of Guatemala