Costa Rica - a relatively small country - has an impressive, varied landscape. Much of the country consists of mountain ranges. The main element is the mountain range that cuts through the country from northwest to southeast and consists of the volcanic Cordillera de Guanacaste, the Cordillera de Tilarán, the Cordillera Central and, to the south, the Cordillera de Talamanca. Between the latter chains is a central plateau, the Valle or Meseta Central; this is also where most Costa Ricans live and where the capital San Jose is located at an altitude of 1,300 metres.
The mountain ranges are between 1,500 and 4,000 metres high, the most imposing being the Cordillera Talamanca. Towards the east and west, the cordilleras slowly turn into tropical lowlands. The coastal strip in the east, the Caribbean Sea side, is very varied and consists of mangrove forest, swamps, lagoons, rainforest and palm beaches.
Costa Rica has more than 30 nature reserves, many of which have existed for decades. More than one-fifth of its area has been designated as a protected natural area - as a national park or biosphere reserve, as an Indian territory or as a region on UNESCO's World Heritage List. As a result, Costa Rica has been discovered by ecotourism and is a major attraction for biologists.
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