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Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve |
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Page 1 of 4 Cloud Forest
Cloud forest is quite different from lowland rainforest. The name comes from the observation that the forests are nearly always shrouded in clouds. These forests are situated at high altitude along the continental divide down the spine of Costa Rica. As the warm moist air from over the Pacific or Caribbean is pushed up the sides of the mountains, it cools, and the moisture begins to condense forming clouds.
 View east across the Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve. (contributed by S. Smith © 2004)
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