Cabo san lucas y san jose del cabo rafael and toto 7a

Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo

Rafael Godard and Salvador Delgado 7A

Population â—? The total population of Los Cabos is about 238,487 people. â—? There are over one million tourists in Los Cabos each year.

Name of the place ● People say that Cabo San Lucas founder was an Englishman named Thomas “Old Tom” Ritchie. They say that he arrived to Los Cabos in 1828.

Location Coordinates: 22.8897째 N, 109.9156째 W

Climate ● It has a tropical desert climate. ● The sea temperature experiences lows of 21-22ºC and highs of 28-29ºC. ● Sometime there may be windy and rainy days but not to often.

Biodiversity ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Iguanas: Iguana iguana Sea Turtles: Chelonia mydas Pelicans: Pelecanus occidentalis Humpback whales: Megaptera novaeangliae Gray Whales: Eschrichtius robustus Blue Marlin: Makaira nigricans Common Dolphin: Delphinus delphis Sea Lion:Zalophus californianus Mountain Lions:Puma concolor Albatross:Phoebastria albatrus Sea Gull: Larus delawarensis Bunny ears Cactus: Opuntia microdasys Saguaro Cactus: Carnegiea gigantea Teddy Bear Cholla: Cylindropuntia bigelovii Hedgehog cactus: Pediocactus simpsonii

Biodiversity

Tourism

Why is this area important It is a natural protected area and there are Gray Whales that arrive in reproductive seasons so many tourists go when this happens to see the whales.

Is this a protected area?

Around the city many places are protected from hunters. There are some protected areas for fauna and different for flora.

Your Opinion ● It is important to conserve our natural resources because they also help us. ● It will reinforce our knowledge about the interaction of living things in their own environment and why they should not be in captivity because we will we watching many natural resources and many animals in their own habitat. ● You can start using recycle things to reduce your waste.