The Caribbean Plate: Republic Of Costa Rica
CARIBBEAN PLATE
The Caribbean Plate is a mostly oceanic tectonic plate underlying Central America and the Caribbean Sea off the north coast of South America. Roughly 3.2 million square kilometers (1.2 million square miles) in area, the Caribbean Plate borders the North American Plate, the South American Plate, the Nazca Plate and the Cocos Plate. These borders are regions of intense seismic activity, including frequent earthquakes, occasional tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions. The Caribbean Plate is a mostly oceanic tectonic plate underlying Central America and the Caribbean Sea off the north coast of South America. The Caribbean plate occupies a position in between two mayor plates, the North and South American plates. These two plates are dominated by continental masses. This fact has controlled part of the lengthy evolution of the Caribbean plate.
COSTA RICA
Costa Rica officially the Republic of Costa Rica (Spanish: República de Costa Rica), is a country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to …show more content…
Costa Rica became an independent state in 1838, after gaining its sovereignty from Spain. The population of Costa Rica is 4,636,348 (2012) and the nation has a density of 91 people per square kilometer.
The currency of Costa Rica is the Costa Rican Colon (CRC). As well, the people of Costa Rica are refered to as Costa Rican.
Extending from northwest to southeast, Costa Rica is bounded by Nicaragua to the north, by the Caribbean Sea along the 185-mile (300-km) northeastern coastline, by Panama to the southeast, and by the Pacific Ocean along the 630-mile (1,015-km) southwestern coastline. At the country’s narrowest point, the distance between the Pacific and the Caribbean is only about 75 miles (120 km). Costa Rica - Location, size, and
The Caribbean Plate is a mostly oceanic tectonic plate underlying Central America and the Caribbean Sea off the north coast of South America. Roughly 3.2 million square kilometers (1.2 million square miles) in area, the Caribbean Plate borders the North American Plate, the South American Plate, the Nazca Plate and the Cocos Plate. These borders are regions of intense seismic activity, including frequent earthquakes, occasional tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions. The Caribbean Plate is a mostly oceanic tectonic plate underlying Central America and the Caribbean Sea off the north coast of South America. The Caribbean plate occupies a position in between two mayor plates, the North and South American plates. These two plates are dominated by continental masses. This fact has controlled part of the lengthy evolution of the Caribbean plate.
COSTA RICA
Costa Rica officially the Republic of Costa Rica (Spanish: República de Costa Rica), is a country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to …show more content…
Costa Rica became an independent state in 1838, after gaining its sovereignty from Spain. The population of Costa Rica is 4,636,348 (2012) and the nation has a density of 91 people per square kilometer.
The currency of Costa Rica is the Costa Rican Colon (CRC). As well, the people of Costa Rica are refered to as Costa Rican.
Extending from northwest to southeast, Costa Rica is bounded by Nicaragua to the north, by the Caribbean Sea along the 185-mile (300-km) northeastern coastline, by Panama to the southeast, and by the Pacific Ocean along the 630-mile (1,015-km) southwestern coastline. At the country’s narrowest point, the distance between the Pacific and the Caribbean is only about 75 miles (120 km). Costa Rica - Location, size, and