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Geography Of Guatemala
Guatemala Information - Country Guides

Location Central America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between El Salvador and Mexico, and bordering the Gulf of Honduras (Caribbean Sea) between Honduras and Belize
Geographic coordinates 15 30 N, 90 15 W
Map references central_america 
Area total: 108,890 sq km
water: 460 sq km
land: 108,430 sq km
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 territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
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: 12.54%
permanent crops: 5.03%
other: 82.43% (2001)
Irrigated land 1,250 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards numerous volcanoes in mountains, with occasional violent earthquakes; Caribbean coast extremely susceptible to hurricanes and other tropical storms
Environment - current issues deforestation in the Peten rainforest; soil erosion; water pollution
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, ozone layer protection, ship pollution, wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Geography note no natural harbors on west coast

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