!!!Nicaragua: Geography
||Location|Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Costa Rica and Honduras
||Geographic Coordinates|13 00 N, 85 00 W[{GoogleMap location='13.0,-85.0' zoom='4'}]
||Area |''total: ''130,370 sq km\\''land: ''119,990 sq km\\''water: ''10,380 sq km__\\''We are unable to verify those figures from Factbook, since the 6 main sources we used for checking give different figures as follows:\\[Factbook|https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook]: 130370\\ [DBpedia|http://dbpedia.org]: 129999\\ [Geoname|http://www.geonames.org]: 129494\\ [Infoplease|http://www.infoplease.com]: 129494\\ [Britannica|http://www.britannica.com]: 130373\\ [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: 130370''__\\__Attempted Explanation__: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org]
||Land boundaries|''total: ''1,231 km\\''border countries: ''Costa Rica 309 km, Honduras 922 km
||Coastline|910 km
||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Pacific Ocean 0 m\\''highest point: ''Mogoton 2,438 m
||Highest Mountains|__Due to difference in mountain rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists :__\\ According to [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: Volcan Mombacho 1345 m\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Cerro La Montana 1349 m\\ \\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] 
||Terrain|extensive Atlantic coastal plains rising to central interior mountains; narrow Pacific coastal plain interrupted by volcanoes
||Natural Hazards|destructive earthquakes; volcanoes; landslides; extremely susceptible to hurricanes volcanism: significant volcanic activity; Cerro Negro (elev. 728 m), which last erupted in 1999, is one of Nicaragua's most active volcanoes; its lava flows and ash have been known to cause significant damage to farmland and buildings; other historically active volcanoes include Concepcion, Cosiguina, Las Pilas, Masaya, Momotombo, San Cristobal, and Telica
||Natural Resource|gold, silver, copper, tungsten, lead, zinc, timber, fish
||Land Use|''arable land: ''14.57%\\''permanent crops: ''1.76%\\''other: ''83.66% (2011)
||Climate|tropical in lowlands, cooler in highlands
||Irrigated Land|942.4 sq km (2003)
||Renewable Water Resources|196.6 cu km (2011)
||Environment_CurrentIssues|deforestation; soil erosion; water pollution
||Environment - international agreements|''party to: ''Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling\\''signed, but not ratified: ''none of the selected agreements
||Large Cities|Managua; Leon; Masaya; Tipitapa; Chinandega\\ __[[Verified]__\\[Important Cities|Geography/America/Nicaragua/Geography/Important_Cities]
||Geography-note|largest country in Central America; contains the largest freshwater body in Central America, Lago de Nicaragua