Honduras

About Honduras:

• It is located in Central America.
• It is bordered by Guatemala to the west; by El Salvador to the southwest; and by Nicaragua to the southeast.
• It is also bounded by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca to the south and by the Caribbean Sea at the Gulf of Honduras to the north.
• Climate: The climate is generally hot, with high humidity in the tropical coastal lowlands becoming modified by elevation toward the interior. 
• Terrain: More than three-fourths of the land area of Honduras is mountainous.
• Highest Peak:Mount Las Minas. 
• Major Rivers: The Coco River forms the border with Nicaragua and other important rivers are Patuca & Ulúa.
• The major bodies of water are Lake Yojoa, which is the only significant lake in the entire nation, and the Caratasca Lagoon in the northeast.
• Natural Resource: Timber, gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, iron ore, antimony, coal, fish, hydropower.
• Capital: Tegucigalpa