| Ecosystem | Golfo de Fonseca | ||||||||||||
| Type | Sea/Bay/Gulf | ||||||||||||
| Salinity | brackish | ||||||||||||
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| Description | The gulf extends into Central America from the Pacific Ocean, where the national borders of the Republics of Honduras, Nicaragua, and El Salvador, meet. The Gulf is a shallow sedimentary, estuarine ecosystem that is 60 km wide and 50 km long, with a coastline of 409 km. It includes 18 islands and six main watersheds with an aquatic area of 2015 square km and over 1,100 square km of mangroves. | ||||||||||||
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| URL 1 | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Fonseca | ||||||||||||
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