Nicaragua
Nicaragua
The area of Nicaragua is 50,193 sq. mi. The Nicaraguan highlands, with a
elevation about 2000 ft, cross Nicaragua from the northwest to the southeast.
Several mountain ranges, the highest of which, the Cordillera Isabelia, reaches
an elevation of more than 6890 ft, cut the highlands from east to west. In the
west is a great basin, or depression, containing two lakes, Nicaragua, the
largest in Central America, and Managua. The two are connected by the Tipitapa
River. A chain of volcanoes, which are a contributory cause of local
earthquakes, rises between the lakes and the Pacific coast. In the east, the
Caribbean coastal plain known as the Costa de mosquitoes (Mosquito Coast)
extends some 45 mi. inland and is partly overgrown with rain forest. The four
principal rivers, the San Juan, Coco (Wanks), Grande, and Escondido, empty into
the Caribbean.
The natural resources of Nicaragua are primarily agricultural. Deposits of
volcanic material have enriched the soil, which......
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