Total Area: 51,100 sq km
Land Area: 51,060 sq km
Water Area: 40 sq km
Climate description:
Arable Land Use: 4.89%
Permanent Crop Land Use: 6.46%
Irrigated Land: 1,031 sq km
Total Renewable Water Resources: 112.4 cu km
Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 5.77 cu km/yr
Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 1,582 cu m/yr
Natural Hazards description:
Environmental Current Issues:
% of Labor Force in Agriculture: 14%
Agricultural Products description: bananas, pineapples, coffee, melons, ornamental plants, sugar, corn, rice, beans, potatoes; beef, poultry, dairy; timber
Land Area: 51,060 sq km
Water Area: 40 sq km
Climate description:
- tropical and subtropical
- dry season (December to April)
- rainy season (May to November)
- cooler in highlands
Arable Land Use: 4.89%
Permanent Crop Land Use: 6.46%
Irrigated Land: 1,031 sq km
Total Renewable Water Resources: 112.4 cu km
Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 5.77 cu km/yr
Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 1,582 cu m/yr
Natural Hazards description:
- occasional earthquakes, hurricanes along Atlantic coast
- frequent flooding of lowlands at onset of rainy season and landslides
- active volcanoes: Arenal (elev. 1,670 m), which erupted in 2010, is the most active volcano in Costa Rica; a 1968 eruption destroyed the town of Tabacon; Irazu (elev. 3,432 m), situated just east of San Jose, has the potential to spew ash over the capital city as it did between 1963 and 1965; other historically active volcanoes include Miravalles, Poas, Rincon de la Vieja, and Turrialba
Environmental Current Issues:
- deforestation and land use change, largely a result of the clearing of land for cattle ranching and agriculture
- soil erosion
- coastal marine pollution
- fisheries protection
- solid waste management
- air pollution
% of Labor Force in Agriculture: 14%
Agricultural Products description: bananas, pineapples, coffee, melons, ornamental plants, sugar, corn, rice, beans, potatoes; beef, poultry, dairy; timber
Bananas are one of the agricultural activities that bring in the most revenue for producers in Costa Rica.
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Pineapple industry in Costa Rica want to find less damaging agricultural practices, but it will raise prices.
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Costa Rica produces some of the best coffee the world has ever known.
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Costa Rica is the largest melon supplier to Europe and the third largest to the U.S.
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Sugarcane came from Europe to Costa Rica during exploration.
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