domingo, 3 de abril de 2011

Paramo


                                                       Lucas Obregon, Tomas Peña

The Costa Rican Paramo, which is also known as the Talamanca Paramo, is composed by montage grassland and shrubland, and is located in Costa Rica and Western Panama.

The Paramo includes several enclaves on the highest peaks of the “Cordillera De Talamanca” with a total area of 31 square kilometers. The Paramo is found 3000-3100 meters above sea level and is surrounded by the Talamanca montane forests and the World Wildlife Fund.

It is dominated by grasses, rushes, herbs, and low shrubs. The upper part of the Paramo  has scarce vegetation and snow lines. Common animals suspected to be seen in this part of Costa Rica are toucans, tapirs, jaguars and hundreds of lizards and birds.

The vegetation :

The vegetetion at the paramo its basicly about , short and with lots of branches and leaves wich are thik and hard, the soil is black. There in the paramo are few amounts of grass , and have more trees.

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