Description: The Physical Map of Nicaragua showing major geographical features like elevations, mountain ranges, ocean, lakes, plateaus, peninsulas, rivers, plains, landforms and other topographic features.
Nicaragua
is a country based in Central America which shares
coastlines with both the North Pacific Ocean and
Caribbean Sea. With an area of 130370 square kilometers
it is the largest Central American country. 119,900
square kilometers is land and 10380 square kilometers is
water. The country lies between north latitude 13
degrees and 85 degrees west longitude. The total
coastline measures up to be 910 kilometers long. The
country has 3 main zones: the coastal lowlands towards
the coasts and the central highlands.
The Pacific lowlands have the largest lake in the
country known as Lago de Nicaragua. The Rio Tipitapa
joins the two lakes in the area. The central highlands
are characterized by many peaks which have an average
height of 900-1800 meters.
The Caribbean lowlands are flooded by many rivers such
as the Coco, Prinzapolka, Escondido and Rio Grande de
Matagalpa. The highest point in the country is known as
Mogoton which is 2438 meters above sea level. The lowest
point however lies at mean sea level on the North
Pacific Ocean. The country lies on one of the most
active plate tectonics this cause innumerable
earthquakes and volcanoes to erupt each year. A number
of hurricanes also frequent the area along with
landslides.
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