El Salvador is a small Central American country that borders the North Pacific Ocean and is between Guatemala and Honduras. As of 2017, El Salvador had 23 active volcanoes. For millions of years, the country has been known as the “Land of Volcanoes” due to its immense amount of volcanic activity. The largest volcano in El Salvador is the Santa Ana (Ilamatepec) volcano, which is 2385 m (7825 ft) above sea level. El Salvador also partially includes the Sierra Madre Mountain range. This mountain includes the highest peak in all of the country, Cerro El Pital, with a highest point of 8,950 ft.  With all these destructive eruptions, El Salvador has experienced many natural disasters that have resulted in millions of dollars worth of damage repairs. These natural disasters include frequent earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and often hurricanes. These earthquakes happen so often because of El Salvador's placement and how close it is to a few tectonic plates. The country is placed at the convergent plate boundary of the Cocos and Caribbean tectonic plates and the Cocos plate subducts under the Caribbean plate, which creates large amounts of pressure and friction. This energy is released from the plates by creating earthquakes right around El Salvador. There are also many rivers flowing through the country, including some reservoirs that have been man-made in the past. Two examples of these reservoirs include the Santa Ana Reservoir and the Guajoyo Reservoir. The largest river in El Salvador, the Rio Tempa, alone has 3 man-made reservoirs that are used to store water for hydroelectric power. In total, there are approximately 360 rivers that form around 10 hydrographic regions. El Salvador’s water is polluted and the country also suffers from water scarcity throughout the dry season (November - April). El Salvador is a small Central American country with plenty of lakes, volcanoes, natural hazards, and a tropical climate.