Nicaragua
is located at the limit of Honduras in North and Costa Rica
in the South. It is bordered by the Caribbean Sea and the
Atlantic Ocean in the East and by the Pacific Ocean in the
West.
In North, vis-a-vis at the Honduran border, is the Isabelita
cordillera and in the South the lake Nicaragua, which extends
roughly on 148 km from length and 55 km broad.
The island of Ometepe is largest of the 130 islands which
are in the lake. These islands are known for their beauty
and constitute one of principal tourist attractions of the
country. The other large lake is that of Managua located at
Western North, beside the capital.
The country counts 40 volcanos of which the Momotombo volcano
which ends in the low grounds of Western North which surround
the lakes.
The principal rivers of the country are San Juan (which leaves
the South East of the lake Nicaragua and emerges in the Atlantic
and which forms, along its course, the border with Costa Rica);
the river Coconut (most abundant of the Central America) and
the river Large.
The islands Large del Maiz and the island Pequeña del
Maiz are two small islands with the splendid beaches and the
practically virgin coral reefs which constitute one of the
favorite destinations of the tourists, Nicaraguans and foreigners.
The country is has an average altitude of 440 meters to the
top of the sea level and its climax is the Mogotin mount with
2100 meters of altitude.
The country is divided into three great zones: low grounds
of the Atlantic, the central mountainous area and low grounds
of the Pacific.
The majority of the population of Nicaragua live in the low
grounds between the Pacific and the Western slope of the lake
Nicaragua, Western bank of the lake Managua and the Western
Southern slope of the chain of the volcanos. On the Eastern
coast, the Indians miskitos live. These last years, of the
colonists were installed on the high grounds of Matagalpa
and Jinotega where their activities are the culture of the
coffee and the breeding.
