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Country Profile: Nicaragua |
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Maps and Satellite Images
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| Title: |
Natural Hazards in Central America: Consequences to People and the Environment |
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Web Site |
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English Spanish |
| Abstract: |
"Depicts the vulnerability of people and the environment to tropical storms, earthquakes, volcanic
eruptions, floods, fires, and tsunamis." This series of maps can be accessed from the left vertical bar on this introduction page.
Publication maps are available in the following categories: earthquakes, tsunamis, tropical storms, population, floodplains, shaded relief, volcanoes, and fires. These maps provide some text background information with each category selected.
An interactive map of Central America that allows you to design your own map using the following categories: boundaries, rivers, roads, floodplains, tsunamis, fires, tropical storms (by intensity, and date), earthquakes (by magnitude and potential severity). It also provides a background choice of either shaded relief or population. following categories: boundaries, rivers, roads, floodplains, tsunamis, fires, tropical storms (by
intensity, and date), earthquakes (by magnitude and potential severity). It also provides a
background choice of either shaded relief or population.
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| Affiliation: |
UNEP/GRID(United Nations Environmental Program & Global Resource Information Database) |
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