Geography Of Guatemala

Location:

Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Honduras and Belize and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between El Salvador and Mexico

Geographic coordinates:

Map references:

Central America and the Caribbean

Area:

• Total: 108,890 km²

• Land: 108,430 km²

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:

• Continental shelf: 200 m depth or to the depth of exploitation

• Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

• Territorial sea: 12 nm

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%

• Permanent crops: 5%

• Permanent pastures: 24%

• Forests and woodland: 54%

• Other: 5% (1993 est.)

Irrigated land:

1,250 km² (1993 est.)

Natural hazards:

Numerous volcanoes in mountains, with occasional violent earthquakes; Caribbean coast subject to hurricanes and other tropical storms

Environment--current issues:

Deforestation; soil erosion; water pollution; Hurricane Mitch damage

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, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands

• Signed, but not ratified: Antarctic-Environmental Protocol

Geography--note:

No natural harbors on west coast

• List of places in Guatemala
• Guatemala

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