La Mosquitia

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La Mosquitia

• Physical Geography
• Physiography
• Interior mountains
• Incised river valleys
• Flood plains, Alluvial shelf
• Lagoons, marshes, cays, coral reefs
• Climate TRF
• Vegetation Pine savannas, tropical rainforest,
  seas grasses, mangrove
• Cultural Geography
• Miskito Indigenous, African, European (British)
• Traditional Resource Use
• Fishing Sea Turtles
• Farming
• Settlements and Housing
• Infrastructure
• Past Issues
• Foreign Exploitatiion turtles, bananas,
  Sandinistas

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http//www.palmerministry.com/miskitoinfo.htm
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Half-walled Miskito House. (Helbig 1959 131).
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A split bamboo walled home raised above the
ground on posts with a suita thatch roof and
gallery in Pinales, 1996.
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A board wall and zinc roof home in Brus Lagoon,
1996.
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