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Honduras Geography - Selected statistics
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Land Mass Total
43,278 sq mi (112,090 sq km)
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Land
43,200 sq mi (111,890 sq km)
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Water
77 sq mi (200 sq km)
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Land Boundaries
Total: 944 mi (1,520 km)
Border countries: Guatemala 159 mi (256 km), El Salvador 212 mi
(342 km), Nicaragua 572 mi (922 km)
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Coastline
509 mi (820 km)
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Maritime claim
Contiguous zone: 24 nm
Continental shelf: Natural extension of territory or to 200
nm
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Territorial sea: 12 nm
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Climate/Weather
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: Caribbean Sea 0 ft (0 m)
Highest: Cerro Las Minas 9,416 ft (2,870 m)
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Natural Resources
Timber, gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, iron ore, antimony, coal,
fish, hydropower.
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Land use
| Arable
land |
15%
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| Permanent
crops |
3%
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| Other |
82%
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(1998))
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Natural hazards
Frequent, but generally mild, earthquakes; damaging hurricanes and
floods along 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.
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Geography Note
Has only a short Pacific coast but a long Caribbean shoreline, including
the virtually uninhabited eastern Mosquito Coast.
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