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    Nicaragua Geography - 2003
    https://theodora.com/wfb2003/nicaragua/nicaragua_geography.html
    SOURCE: 2003 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Location: Middle 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
      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: continental shelf: natural prolongation
      territorial sea: 200 NM


      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: 20.24%
      permanent crops: 2.38%
      other: 77.38% (1998 est.)


      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, Nuclear Test Ban, 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

      NOTE: The information regarding Nicaragua on this page is re-published from the 2003 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Guinea Geography 2003 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Nicaragua Geography 2003 should be addressed to the CIA.



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