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Honduras
- Geography
Location: Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Nicaragua and bordering the Gulf of Fonseca (North Pacific Ocean), between El Salvador and Nicaragua
Geographic coordinates: 15 00 N, 86 30 W
Map references: Central America and the Caribbean
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UTC: - 6
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Note:
has only a short Pacific coast but a long Caribbean shoreline, including the virtually uninhabited eastern Mosquito Coast
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Aera |
Total: total: 112,090 sq km
Rank:
102
Land: land: 111,890 sq km
Water: water: 200 sq km
Area
- comparative: slightly larger than Tennessee
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Boundaries |
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Boundaries total: 1,520 km
Boundaries detail: Guatemala 256 km, El Salvador 342 km, Nicaragua 922 km
Coastline: 820 km
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Climate |
subtropical in lowlands, temperate in mountains
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Terrain |
mostly mountains in interior, narrow coastal plains
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Elevation extremes |
lowest
point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Cerro Las Minas 2,870 m
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Land use |
Arable land: arable land: 9.53%
Irrigated land: 800 sq km
Permanent crops: 3.21%
Permanent pastures: 14%
Forests and woodland: 54%
Other: 87,26% (2005)
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Natural resources |
timber, gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, iron ore, antimony, coal, fish, hydropower
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Natural hazards |
frequent, but generally mild, earthquakes; extremely susceptible to damaging hurricanes and floods along the Caribbean coast
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Environment |
current issues: urban population expanding; deforestation results from logging and the clearing of land for agricultural purposes; further land degradation and soil erosion hastened by uncontrolled development and improper land use practices such as farming of marginal lands; mining activities polluting Lago de Yojoa (the country's largest source of fresh water), as well as several rivers and streams, with heavy metals
international agreements
- party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands
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signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
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Maritime claims |
territorial sea: territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: continental shelf: natural extension of territory or to 200 nm
exclusive fishing zone:
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