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Notes on a Semi-arid Region in the Aguan River Valley, 

 Republic of Honduras* 



T. G. YUN'CKER 



The Republic of Honduras, or Spanish Honduras as it is some- 

 times called to distinguish it from the crown colony of British 

 Honduras, is situated near the geographical center of Central 

 America. It extends across the continent from the Gulf of Fonseca 

 on the Pacific to the Caribbean Sea where the more extensive coast 

 line extends in a generally east-west direction and offers better 

 harbor facilities. 



The country has an area of about 46.000 square miles and, in 

 common with the other Central American countries, exhibits a 

 great variety of physiographic features. Along the Caribbean and, 

 to a limited extent, about the Gulf of Fonseca is a low, some- 

 times marshy, region which varies from a very narrow strip where 

 the mountains occasionally reach the sea to several miles in width. 

 This coastal plain reaches its greatest width in the so-called Mos- 

 quitia Territory at the east and also extends inland along the main 

 river courses, especially the Ulua and the Aguan. Excepting this 

 low coastal plain the country is very rough and mountainous. 

 From the plain the land may rise gradually in a series of foothills 

 and plateau-like plains or the ascent may be rapid and abrupt 

 with few or no foothills. The highest mountains are to be found 



* I am indebted to Mr. L. A. Richardson of the Standard Fruit Company 

 at La Ceiba, Honduras, for data relative to rainfall, geology of the valley, etc. 



