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fiogf49gjkf0d PANAMA COVERS AN AREA OF 77,0825Q KM, LOCATED IN CENTRAL
AMERICA. BORDERED TO THE NORTH BY THE CARIBBEAN SEA, TO
THE EAST BY COLOMBIA, TO THE SOUTH BY THE PACIFIC OCEAN
AND TO THE WEST BY COSTA RICA. PANAMA MAY BE DIVIDED
INTO THREE GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS: THE LOWLANDS ALSO KNOWN AS
THE HOTLANDS ARE SITUATED BELOW 700M AND COVER 85 PER CENT
OF THE COUNTRY'S TERRITORY. THE TEMPERATE LANDS, SITUATED
AT 701M AND 1500M AND FINALLY THE HIGHLAND OTHERWISE KNOWN
AS THE COLD LANDS LIE ABOVE 1500M.
THE HIGHLANDS CONTAIN VOLCAN BARU AT 3475M. THIS IS THE
COUNTRY'S HIGHEST PEAK, SITUATED IN THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN
RANGE. IT ALSO CONTAINS THE CORDILLERA DE SAN BLAS AND THE
SOUTHERN VOLCANIC CHAIN AMONG OTHERS.
THE LOWLANDS CONSIST OF PLAINS OF THE PROVINCES OF PANAMA.
ALSO SITUATED HERE ARE THE CHIRIQUI, THE BAYANO AND THE
CHUCUNAQUE RIVER BASINS AND THE PLAIN OF THE CARIBBEAN
AREA. ON THE PANAMA CONTINENTAL SHELF THERE ARE
APPROXIMATELY 1600 ISLANDS. ON THE COASTLINE OF THESE
ISLANDS LIE PLENTY OF BAYS, HEADLANDS, BEACHES, CAPES AND
GULFS.
FLOWING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY ARE ABOUT 500 RIVERS. THESE
FLOW FROM THEIR SOURCE, MOST OF WHICH ARE FOUND IN THE
HIGHLANDS. TUIRA, BAYANO, SIXAOLA, SANTA MARIA AND THE
CHANGUINOLA ARE SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT RIVERS. COMMON
SOILS ARE HARD CLAY, RED CLAY, SAVANNA, VOLCANIC ASH AND
SWAMPY SOILS.
PANAMA HAS THREE AREAS - LOWLAND, TEMPERATE AND HIGHLANDS.
LOWLANDS - MAKE UP OVER 85 PERCENTS OF THE TERRITORY.
OVER 1600 ISLANDS ON BOTH SIDES.
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