Geography Of Nicaragua

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
Area	total: 129,494 sq km water: 9,240 sq km land: 120,254 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: 200 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: 15.94% permanent crops: 1.94% other: 82.12% (2001)
Irrigated land	880 sq km (1998 est.)
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 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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This information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.

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Geography Of Nicaragua