Editing Earth Science 7-Santa Domingo, Costa Rica

Santo Domingo, Heredia, Costa Rica

== Latitude/Longitude 958850.76N; 848458.24W ==

elevation

3871 feet

Major Body of Water

Near Pacific Ocean

Climate

Santo Domingo is an Aw on the Koppen Classification System.

Santo Domingo is near the both Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, so it has less extreme temperatures than more inland cities.

Santo Domingo Average Max Temp in April, May, June, September is 27c.

Santo Domingo Average Min Temperature is 14c in January and February.

Santo Domingo Annual Precipitation in January & February is 70.8in.

Santo Domingo, Costa Rica. Map. Google Earth. Google.com, 6 Oct. 2010. Web. 6 Oct. 2010.

Relation to Plates

Santo Domingo is on the Caribbean plate. The volcanic mountains come from the subduction boundary, where the oceanic Cocos plate is sliding under the Caribean plate, melting, and