Geography

http://www.intercarto.com/EN/map-of-el-salvador-physical-version-1470-534.html

Location
El Salvador is located in central America, neighboring the Pacific Ocean and between the countries of Guatemala and Honduras.

Size
El Salvador is 21,041 square km in size (~0.2% of total area of continental US), which is roughly the size of the state of Massachusetts.

Terrain
El Salvador is made up of mostly mountainous terrain with a narrow coastal belt and a central plateau. El Salvador is the only central American country without a coastline on the Caribbean Sea.  

1 comment:

  1. Great information Bryce, especially the way you related the size of the country to state of Massachusetts. That's a great visual. I also like that you pointed out the fact that it doesn't have a coast on the Caribbean Sea.

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