<item><hi format=bold>International disputes:</hi> land boundary dispute with El Salvador mostly resolved by 11 September 1992 International Court of Justice (ICJ) decision; ICJ referred the maritime boundary in the Golfo de Fonseca to an earlier agreement in this century and advised that some tripartite resolution among El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua likely would be required
<item><hi format=bold>Climate:</hi> subtropical in lowlands, temperate in mountains
<item><hi format=bold>Terrain:</hi> mostly mountains in interior, narrow coastal plains
<item><hi format=bold>Natural resources:</hi> timber, gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, iron ore, antimony, coal, fish
<item><hi format=bold>Land use:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>arable land:</hi> 14%
<item>• <hi format=ital>permanent crops:</hi> 2%
<item>• <hi format=ital>meadows and pastures:</hi> 30%
<item>• <hi format=ital>forest and woodland:</hi> 34%
<item>• <hi format=ital>other:</hi> 20%
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<item><hi format=bold>Irrigated land:</hi> 900 sq km (1989 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Environment:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>current issues:</hi> urban population expanding; deforestation results from logging and the clearing of land for agricultural purposes; further land degradation and soil erosion hastened by uncontrolled development and improper land use practices such as farming of marginal lands; mining activities polluting Lago de Yojoa (the country's largest source of freshwater) with heavy metals as well as several rivers and streams
<item>• <hi format=ital>natural hazards:</hi> subject to frequent, but generally mild, earthquakes; damaging hurricanes and floods along Caribbean coast
<item>• <hi format=ital>international agreements:</hi> party to—Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection; signed, but not ratified—Biodiversity, Climate Change, Tropical Timber