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Origins of Costa Rica and Panama - Coggle Diagram
Origins of Costa Rica and Panama
Central America:
Divided into
Centroamerica: iti ncludes 7countries :Belize, Guatemala, Honduras ,El Salvador, Nicaragua ,CostaRica and Panama
Central America Isthmus:from the Tehantepec Isthmusin Mexico to the north of Colombia.
America Central:it includes only the following 5 countries,Guatemala,El Salvador,Honduras, Nicaragua,Costa Rica.
Central America Region:
Central America Region: from the Tehantepec Isthmusin Mexico to the north of Colombia and the Caribbean islands.
Provinces:
Costa Rica is divided into 7 provinces which are: Puntarenas, Guanacaste, Alajuela, Limón, San José, Cartago and Heredia.
How it is form?
Tectonism: movement of tectonic plates such as the North American,Pacific,Coco’s,Nazca andCaribbean plates.
Volcanism: Volcanic activities.
Erosion: it is a process of changing there lief by the action of water,glaciers,winds,waves,etc.
How was form Costa Rica
Around 150 millions years ago,during the Cretaceous Era,the lands of South Nicaragua,Costa Rica and Panama did not exist.There was an interoceanic channel instead..
The rest of the Country was formed due to volcanism, tectonism and erosion. Formation of plains in the Pacific and Caribbean slope.
GEOLOGICAL ORIGINS OF COSTA RICA
Eocene period (65-49 millions years)the movement of plates tectonics provoked theorigins of the“Promotorio of Herradura”,which is from Jaco toTurrubares.
Also according to Vargas,at the end of the Eocene Costa Rica reach edits current positionon Earth.
