Download CU Tourism Presents: Costa Rica!!!

CU Travels Presents:
Costa Rica!!!
Presented by Lindsay Booth and
Connor Degnan
General Information
• Located in Central
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America between
Nicaragua and Panama
between 8° and 11°
North Latitude near the
Equator
Area: 50,895 square
kilometers
Population: 3 million
Capital: San Jose
Vegetation
• 9,000 Species of Flora
• Lush, fertile Rainforests
• Conservation
• Tropical Dry Forest
Tortuguero National Park
• Best known National
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Park
¾ of the East Coast
Various Flora and
Fauna including
Bromeliads and
Orchids
405 Species of Birds
Monteverde Cloud Forest
• Tilarán Mountain
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Range
26000 Acres
2000 plant species
High elevation and
constantly covered by
clouds
8 different ecological
zones
Manuel Antonio National Park
• Rainforest and Beaches
• Adventure Activities such as horseback
riding and Kayaking
Climate and Precipitation
• “ No climate can, I imagine, be more
favorable to fertility and to man’s comfort
at the same time than that of the interior
of Costa Rica”
English 19th-Century Novelist Anthony
Trollope
Climate Basics
• Tropical with many
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distinct climate zones
Two Distinct Seasons:
1)Dry (May to
December)
2)Wet (JanuaryMay)
• Average Temperature
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ranges from 71° to
81°
March to May tends
to be the hottest
months
Weather
• Due to solar radiation and air circulation
• Heat puts air in motion and establishes
winds
• North-easterly trade winds or “alisios”
• Cloud forest ecosystem
Caribbean Coast
• Rainy season April•
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December
Dry Spell in
August/September
“Temporales de
Atlantico”
Limon & Cahuita
Pacific Coast
• Rainy season from
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May to November
North intense dry
season
Central Valley mild
season and temps
Guanacaste &
Montezuma
Rainfall and Precipitation
• 100 inches nationwide
• Majority falls on a few days
• Mountains: 150 inches/year
• Montane Rainforests
Thank You!!!