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Geological Origins of Costa Rica and Panama - Coggle Diagram
Geological Origins of Costa Rica and Panama
Origins of Central America
It was formed 3 million years ago by tectonism and volcanism
Phases
Phase 4, from 75 to 49 million years
Phase 5, from 22 to 5 million years
Phase 3, 1.8 million years
Nowadays
Phase 2, from 41 to 34 million years
Phase 1, from 200 to 140 million years
Ways to Call Central America
Centroamérica
Includes the 7 countries: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panamá.
Central America Isthmus
from the Tehantepec Isthmus in Mexico to the North of Colombia
América Central
It includes only Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica
Central America Region
from the Tehantepec Isthmus in Mexico to the North of Colombia and the Caribbean islands.
Central American Plates
Cocos Plate
Nazca Plate
Caribbean Plate
Pacific Plate
Costa Rica
Provinces
Heredia
Alajuela
Cartago (former capital)
Limón
Puntarenas
San José (current capital)
Guanacaste
Landforms
Tectonic Depressions
Central
General y Coto Brus
Plains
Northern plains
Caribbean plains
Pacific plains
Pampa Guanacasteca
Sierras Volcanicas
Central
Guanacaste
Arenal Volcano
Mountain Ranges
Talamanca Mountain Range