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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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