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The jungle-covered plains of the Eastern lowlands register high levels of rainfall and temperatures surpassing 28 °C (82.4 °F). Being located on the equator, the Galápagos Islands would have an equatorial climate were it not for the modifying effects of the Peruvian Current. Instead, climate on the islands follows a pattern more like that of ...
The width of the Caribbean lowlands varies dramatically between countries. In eastern Honduras, the lowlands can stretch as much as 100km inland, while near Puerto Límon in Costa Rica, the lowlands narrow to a width of less than ten kilometres. [1] The region takes up over 16% of the territory of Honduras. [2]
It has an area of 60 km 2 (23 sq mi) and a maximum altitude of 206 metres (676 ft). Española is the oldest island at around 3.5 million years, and the southernmost in the group. Due to its remote location, Española has a large number of endemic species. It has its own species of lava lizard, mockingbird, and Galápagos tortoise.
Nicaragua covers a total area of 130,370 square kilometers (119,990 square kilometers of which is land area) and contains a variety of climates and terrains. [1] [2] The country's physical geography divides it into three major zones: the Pacific lowlands, the wetter, cooler central highlands, and the Caribbean lowlands. [1]
These forests occur in a belt around the equator, with the largest areas in the Amazon basin of South America, the Congo Basin of central Africa, the Wet Tropics of Queensland in Australia and parts of the Malay Archipelago. About half of the world's tropical rainforests are in the South American countries of Brazil and Peru.
People seek Morel Mushrooms in forests, railway tracks, or fencerows in North America; the Lion’s Mane Mushroom tumble out of trees; and France’s La Cave Des Roches is a maze of 75 miles of ...
Belize is the only country in Central America without a Pacific coastline. Many coral reefs , cays , and islands to the east—such as Ambergris Caye , Lighthouse Reef , Glover's Reef , and the Turneffe Islands —are part of Belize's territory, forming the Belize Barrier Reef , the longest in the western hemisphere stemming approximately 322 ...
Lowland snow expected to near sea level as cold Canadian winds blow.