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Honduras
Index
Size: Second largest country of Central America;
area of
112,088 square kilometers.
Topography: About 80 percent of country consists
of
interior highlands, extremely rugged and mountainous with
numerous
intermontane valleys. Long and narrow Caribbean lowlands
widen in
northeast, with numerous narrow river valleys reaching
into
interior mountains. Small Pacific lowlands along the Golfo
de
Fonseca.
Climate: Entire country lies within tropics, but
much
regional variation because of mountains. Caribbean
lowlands
generally hotter and more humid than rest of country. More
temperate conditions at higher elevations. Rainfall
varies;
Caribbean lowlands, especially in northeast, wettest.
Distinct wet
and dry season in Pacific lowlands and interior highlands.
May to
September wettest months.
Data as of December 1993
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