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]

See also

  • List of lakes in Costa Rica

References

  1. Haberyan, Kurt A.; Horn, Sally P.; Umaña V., Gerardo (March 2003). "Basic limnology of fifty-one lakes in Costa Rica". Revista de Biología Tropical. 51 (1): 107–122. PMID 15162686.
  2. Umaña-Villalobos, Gerardo; Farah-Pérez, Aldo (10 May 2018). "Revisiting the limnology of Lake Río Cuarto, Costa Rica, thirty-five years later". Revista de Biología Tropical. 66 (1): S42–S52. doi:10.15517/rbt.v66i1.33259. Gale A543611800.
  3. "Laguna Río Cuarto". RSN. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
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