Lake Río Cuarto
| Lake Río Cuarto | |
|---|---|
  Lake Río Cuarto Location in Costa Rica | |
| Coordinates | 10°21′25″N 84°12′59″W / 10.356944°N 84.216389°W |
| Type | crater lake |
| Surface area | 0.3150 km2 (0.1216 sq mi) |
| Max. depth | 66 m (217 ft) |
| Surface elevation | 380 m (1,250 ft) |
Lake Río Cuarto (Spanish: Laguna Río Cuarto), is a fresh water crater lake located in the northern highlands of Costa Rica. It is the deepest natural lake in Costa Rica at 66-metre (217 ft).[1]
Location
[edit]It is located in Río Cuarto canton, of Alajuela province.
Physical aspects
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Laguna Río Cuarto". RSN. Retrieved 12 April 2020.