ABSTRACT
The Central America region is naturally blessed by a humid tropical climate and plentiful water resources including large lakes, mountain-fed rivers and deep aquifers. Although water resources are abundant in Central America compared with most of the world (Table 24.1), they are variable ranging from 71,111 m3 per capita in Belize to 3415 m3 per captita in El Salvador, which is small and densely populated. Additionally, about two-thirds of the Central American population lives in the Pacific watersheds, which have only about one-third of the total water resources. Aside from El Salvador, locally very high population densities tend to be found in the valleys and watersheds where the major cities are located.
