THE COAST (LOWLANDS).– The extensión of the lands that properly can constitute the Costa, including those that advance until about 500 meters high in the andean declines, ascends to 70,000 square kilometers; their biggest heights that oscillate among 700-800 meters.
Due to their scarce height and to their equatorial position, the coast should have similar climate to that of the Amazonia or that of the center of Africa, but the influence of the COLD CURRENT OF HUMBOLDT, on one hand, an the proximity of the Andes that of North to South accompanies to the region; for other, they modify the climate fundamentally. |