_#_Coastline: 3,208 km total (1,448 km North Pacific Ocean; 1,760 Caribbean Sea)
_#_Maritime claims:
Continental shelf: not specified;
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm;
Territorial sea: 12 nm
_#_Disputes: maritime boundary dispute with Venezuela in the Gulf of Venezuela; territorial dispute with Nicaragua over Archipelago de San Andres y Providencia and Quita Sueno Bank
_#_Climate: tropical along coast and eastern plains; cooler in highlands
_#_Terrain: mixture of flat coastal lowlands, plains in east, central highlands, some high mountains
_#_Natural resources: crude oil, natural gas, coal, iron ore, nickel, gold, copper, emeralds
_#_Land use: arable land 4%; permanent crops 2%; meadows and pastures 29%; forest and woodland 49%; other 16%; includes irrigated NEGL%