Lake Río Cuarto

Lake Río Cuarto (Spanish: Laguna Río Cuarto), is a fresh water crater lake located in the northern highlands of Costa Rica. It is currently the deepest natural lake in Costa Rica at 66-metre (217 ft).[1]

Lake Río Cuarto
Lake Río Cuarto
Location in Costa Rica
Coordinates10.356944°N 84.216389°W / 10.356944; -84.216389
Typecrater lake
Surface area0.3150 km2 (0.1216 sq mi)
Max. depth66 m (217 ft)
Surface elevation380 m (1,250 ft)

Location

It is located in Río Cuarto canton, of Alajuela province.

Physical aspects

The lake Río Cuarto is a maar lake located within a crater, it has an almost circular outline. There is no secondary volcanic activity present. [2][3]

gollark: ++experimental_qa should I go back to studying instead of wasting time here?
gollark: ++magic reload_ext search
gollark: Deployed.
gollark: This is documented.
gollark: They will deliver to the channel they were originally set in. If this is unavailable, they will be delivered to you directly. If this is unavailable, they will be sent to the appropriate guild.

See also

  • List of lakes in Costa Rica

References

  1. Haberyan, Kurt A. (March 2003). "Basic limnology of fifty-one lakes in Costa Rica". SciELO. 51 (1). Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  2. Umaña-Villalobos, Gerardo. "Revisiting the limnology of Lake Río Cuarto, Costa Rica, thirty-five years later". Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  3. "Laguna Río Cuarto". RSN. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
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