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fiogf49gjkf0d NICARAGUA IS SITUATED IN CENTRAL AMERICA, AND COVERS APPROXIMATELY 128,875SQ KM IN AREA. IT IS BORDERED TO THE SOUTH BY COSTA RICA, TO THE NORTH BY HONDURAS, TO THE WEST BY THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND TO THE EAST BY THE CARIBBEAN SEA. THE PACIFIC COASTLINE IS ABOUT 344KM LONG, WHILE THE EASTERN SHORES ARE LONGER AT 920KM. NICARAGUA TO THE WEST IS MADE UP OF THICKLY FORESTED MOUNTAIN CHAINS, INTERCHANGING WITH BASINS AND FERTILE VALLEYS. THE PICO MOGOTON IS THE HIGHEST PEAK IN THE COUNTRY AT 2107M. IT IS SITUATED IN THE CORDILLERA ENTRE RIOS ALONG THE NORTHERN BORDER. LOCATED IN THE SOUTH ARE THE CORDILLERAS ISABELLE AND DARIEN. THERE ARE MANY DORMANT AND ACTIVE VOLCANOES SITUATED NEAR THE PACIFIC COAST, WITH THE LOWLANDS AND BASIN REGIONS, INCLUDING LAKE NICARAGUA TO THE WEST. LAKE MANAGUA IS SITUATED IN THE INTERIOR SOUTHWESTERN REGION, EAST OF THE VOLCANIC BARRIER. TOWARDS THE EAST THE LAND SLOPES DOWNWARDS TOWARD THE CARIBBEAN COAST. HERE ON THIS COASTLINE LIES THE FRINGE MARSHLAND AREA CALLED MOSQUITO COAST. ALSO ALONG THE HONDURAS BORDER LIES THE 680KM COCO RIVER. THE SAN JUAN RIVER JOINS LAKE NICARAGUA TO THE CARIBBEAN SEA AND IS SITUATED ON THE SOUTHERN BORDER.
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