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Belize, (formerly British Honduras) is bordered by Mexico, the Bay of Honduras, and Guatemala. The area including about 212 sq. mi. of cays is 8,867 square miles. Several miles inland is low and swampy, with mangroves and tropical jungle. Next are extensive tracts of sandy, arid land called pine ridges. Further inland is the less elevated broken ridge country of mixed scrub intersected by the Cohune ridges, with a deep rich soil covered with myriads of palm trees, and broad savannas studded with clumps of trees which are threaded by streams from the mountains. Belize was once the site of a complex Mayan civilization. Ancient ruins of this civilization remain today.

 

 

 

 

Near the capital are the Manatee hills rising to 377 ft. beyond these the Cockscomb mountains rise to 3,650 feet. Between the Hondo and Sarstoon, 15 streams large enough to be called rivers descend from these mountains to the sea. The area between Garbutt's falls and the coast south of the Cockscomb mountains consists of pine ridge and open grasslands and valuable forests in the east.

Although the country lies within the tropics, the climate is subtropical. Shade temperatures rarely go above 98? F, or below 50? F. Easterly sea winds prevail most of the year. The dry season lasts from mid February to mid May. Rain occurs at intervals during the other months.