Juan Castro Blanco National Park
Location:
Northwestern end of Costa Rica's
Central Valley
Size: 14,258 hectares |
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| This national
park stands at the northwestern end of the Central Valley, becoming
part of the Central Volcanic Range Conservation Area together with
other nearby protected areas. |
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Juan
Castro Blanco National Park was set up to protect a strip of primary
and secondary woodland, located between 700 and 2,267 meters above
the sea level. Three life zones contain the abundant plant life,
premontane rain forest, very wet premontane forest and low montane
rain forest. |
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| This national
park offers 44 species of amphibians, 15% of the national total of
reptiles, 107 species of birds and 30 mammals, 64 of these species
are classified as threatened or endangered in Costa Rica. |
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Some of the
most common animals are the harlequin and grass frogs, basiliks, quetzal,
bat falcon, cuckoos, tapirs and coyotes.
Some archeological finds
in the area revealed that the region was a meeting place for cultures
from the north and the south continent.
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