Costa Rica is a small country with coastlines on both its eastern and western sides. It is surrounded by mountain ranges and most of its mountains are volcanic, either dormant, extinct, or active. Costa Rica has a wide variety of flora and fauna within its different forest types like rainforests and cloud forests, and its history involves both the indigenous peoples and colonial settlers.

1. Costa Rica: A Land of Beauty
By: Cristain Limas

2. Scenery
•Costa Rica is a
small country
with two coasts,
on it’s eastern
and western
sides.
•The are in
which we were
traveling was the
central part of
the country and
was surrounded
on all sides by
two separate
mountain
ranges.

3. Volcanic Activity
•Most if the
mountains in
Costa Rica are
volcanic. They
are either
dormant, extinct,
or active.

4. Flora and Fauna
•Costa Rica has
a wide variety of
plants and
animals that live
within its
different types of
forests, such as
the rain forest or
the cloud forest.

5. History
•Like most
countries in the
American
Continents,
Costa Rica has
a history in
which the
hostories of the
aboriginals of
the country and
the settlers that
colonized the
country
intertwined.