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Flora and fauna of Costa Rica
By: Lots in Costa Rica, Tue Mar 16th, 2010
Costa Rica is an exceptional country, a special shelter life, and full of natural surprises in the territory of 51. 100 km, representing 0.03 percent of the planet's surface, is approximately 5 percent of global biodiversity. In this beautiful country we can find buying land miramar puntarenas costa rica
The vegetation varies according to altitude above the ground. In this sense we can distinguish the rainforest on the coast of northeast and south, where rainfall is more abundant, showing a growth of large trees.
In the mountainous area of the Atlantic, between 800 and 1500 m. above the sea, the vegetation is characteristic of tropical rainforest, while the dry is dominant in the central plateau, where trees grow less, and instead a proliferation of grasses and herbaceous plants.
The savanna is located in Potrero Grande and in parts of Guanacaste, where you enjoy buy land miramar puntarenas costa rica.
In the higher regions, dominated by mixed tropical forest. With respect to Costa Rican fauna, can be said to belong exclusively to the geographical area called neotropical, covering South America, Central part of Mexico and the Caribbean.
In Costa Rica is unusually large and diverse, the species that live there, and depending on the area you have the possibility to observe, Quetzales, 5 or 6 species of toucans, tapirs, deer, anteaters, sloths, monkeys, coatis, otters, foxes, jaguars, ocelots and pumas, among many other animals Lapas.
In addition to those species, wilderness areas host around 13,000 species of plants, over 2,000 species of butterflies, 4,500 night, 163 of amphibians, 220 reptiles, 1,600 fish from freshwater and saltwater.
Few countries have been able to protect such a precious treasure as did Costa Rica. Making sure to protect the environment and its resources, the following species of animals and plants are protected in the country. That is a privilege to live in a country full of natural wealth in their miramar puntarenas land for sale costa rica
With more than 850 species of birds found in a relatively small area, Costa Rica offers an unparalleled place until the bird more demanding. From the oak forests of the Talamanca Range, the highest mountains of Central America, until the cloud forests of Monteverde and Braulio Carrillo National Park, and jungle of the Osa Peninsula, the birders will discover a wide variety of habitats filled with amazing bird specimens
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