Total area: 112,090 sq km
Land area: 111,890 sq km
Water area: 200 sq km
Climate description: subtropical in lowlands, temperate in mountains
Terrain description: mostly mountains in interior, narrow coastal plains
Arable land use: 9.1%
Permanent crop land use: 4%
Irrigated land: 900 sq km
Total renewable water resources: 95.93
Total freshwater withdrawal:
Per person freshwater withdrawal: 1.6
Natural hazards description: frequent, but generally mild, earthquakes; extremely susceptible to damaging hurricanes and floods along the Caribbean coast
Environmental current issues: party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands. signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Total labor force:N/A
Percent of labor force in agriculture:N/A
Land area: 111,890 sq km
Water area: 200 sq km
Climate description: subtropical in lowlands, temperate in mountains
Terrain description: mostly mountains in interior, narrow coastal plains
Arable land use: 9.1%
Permanent crop land use: 4%
Irrigated land: 900 sq km
Total renewable water resources: 95.93
Total freshwater withdrawal:
Per person freshwater withdrawal: 1.6
Natural hazards description: frequent, but generally mild, earthquakes; extremely susceptible to damaging hurricanes and floods along the Caribbean coast
Environmental current issues: party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands. signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Total labor force:N/A
Percent of labor force in agriculture:N/A
Commercial farmer selling her plants in Honduras.
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Farmer picking his plants on his farm.
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Farming spraying pesticides on his plants to keep bugs away.
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Farmland in Honduras.
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Farmer and farm animal on their farm.
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