חיפוש ברשת מילון חיפוש בפורום
|
|
חיפוש ברשת מילון חיפוש בפורום |
|
| CIA World Factbook 2005 | הורד מילון בבילון 9 למחשב שלך |
|
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 |
|
Area: |
total: 112,090 sq km
land: 111,890 sq km water: 200 sq km |
|
Area - comparative: |
slightly larger than Tennessee |
|
Land boundaries: |
total: 1,520 km
border countries: Guatemala 256 km, El Salvador 342 km, Nicaragua 922 km |
|
Coastline: |
820 km |
|
Maritime claims: |
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: natural extension of territory or to 200 nm |
|
Climate: |
subtropical in lowlands, temperate in mountains |
|
Terrain: |
mostly mountains in interior, narrow coastal plains |
|
Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Cerro Las Minas 2,870 m |
|
Natural resources: |
timber, gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, iron ore, antimony, coal, fish, hydropower |
|
Land use: |
arable land: 9.55%
permanent crops: 3.22% other: 87.23% (2001) |
|
Irrigated land: |
760 sq km (1998 est.) |
|
Natural hazards: |
frequent, but generally mild, earthquakes; extremely susceptible to damaging hurricanes and floods along the Caribbean coast |
|
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 |
|
Environment - 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
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
|
Geography - note: |
has only a short Pacific coast but a long Caribbean shoreline, including the virtually uninhabited eastern Mosquito Coast |
More about Honduras:
| CIA World Factbook 2005 | הורד מילון בבילון 9 למחשב שלך |
|
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 |
|
Area: |
total: 112,090 sq km
land: 111,890 sq km water: 200 sq km |
|
Area - comparative: |
slightly larger than Tennessee |
|
Land boundaries: |
total: 1,520 km
border countries: Guatemala 256 km, El Salvador 342 km, Nicaragua 922 km |
|
Coastline: |
820 km |
|
Maritime claims: |
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: natural extension of territory or to 200 nm |
|
Climate: |
subtropical in lowlands, temperate in mountains |
|
Terrain: |
mostly mountains in interior, narrow coastal plains |
|
Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Cerro Las Minas 2,870 m |
|
Natural resources: |
timber, gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, iron ore, antimony, coal, fish, hydropower |
|
Land use: |
arable land: 9.55%
permanent crops: 3.22% other: 87.23% (2001) |
|
Irrigated land: |
760 sq km (1998 est.) |
|
Natural hazards: |
frequent, but generally mild, earthquakes; extremely susceptible to damaging hurricanes and floods along the Caribbean coast |
|
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 |
|
Environment - 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
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
|
Geography - note: |
has only a short Pacific coast but a long Caribbean shoreline, including the virtually uninhabited eastern Mosquito Coast |
More about Honduras: