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The smallest geographic region of Honduras, the Pacific lowlands, is a strip of land averaging twenty-five km wide (16 mi) on the north shore of the Gulf of Fonseca. [1] The land is flat, becoming swampy near the shores of the gulf, and is composed mostly of alluvial soils washed down from the mountains. [ 1 ]
An enlargeable topographic map of Honduras. Geography of Honduras. Honduras is: a country; Location: Northern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere. Americas. North America. Middle America. Central America; Time zone: Central Standard Time ; Extreme points of Honduras High: Cerro Las Minas 2,870 m (9,416 ft) Low: Caribbean Sea and North Pacific ...
Honduras, [a] officially the Republic of Honduras, [b] is a country in Central America.It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras, a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea.
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America.It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras, a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea.
Name Image Location Criteria Year Description; Maya Site of Copán: Copán Department. Cultural (iv) (vi) 1980 Discovered in 1570 by Diego García de Palacio, the ruins of Copán, one of the most important sites of the Mayan civilization, were not excavated until the 19th century.
The geology of Honduras includes Paleozoic metamorphic rocks, such as the Cacaguapa Schist as its basement rocks.
Honduras geography-related lists (1 C, 8 P) B. Borders of Honduras (5 C, 4 P) G. Geology of Honduras (5 C, 3 P) L. Landforms of Honduras (8 C, 6 P) Landmarks in ...
This is a list of ecoregions in Honduras as defined by the World Wildlife Fund and the Freshwater Ecoregions of the World database. Terrestrial ecoregions