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Telire River

Coordinates: 9°33′34″N 82°53′09″W / 9.55944°N 82.88583°W / 9.55944; -82.88583
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Telire River
Telire River is located in Costa Rica
Telire River
Location
CountryCosta Rica
ProvinceLimón
Physical characteristics
Mouth 
 • location
Sixaola River
 • coordinates
9°33′34″N 82°53′09″W / 9.55944°N 82.88583°W / 9.55944; -82.88583
Basin features
River systemSixaola

The Telire River is a river in Costa Rica located in the province of Limón, in the eastern part of the country.[1] The confluence of Telire with the Yorkin River creates the Sixaola, which is part of the border between Costa Rica and Panama.

A rainforest climate prevails in the area.[2] The average annual temperature is 22 °C. The warmest month is October, when the average temperature is 22 °C, and the coldest is January, at 19 °C.[3] The average annual average is 2 550 millimeters. The rainiest month is July, with an average of 434 mm of precipitation, and the driest is February, with 75 mm of rain.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Instituto Costarricense de Turismo map Archived 2009-01-26 at the Wayback Machine, 2007. (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (11 October 2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification". Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 11 (5): 1633–1644. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007.
  3. ^ "NASA Earth Observations (NEO)". NASA Earth Observations (NEO). 2019-08-02. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
  4. ^ "Rainfall (1 month - TRMM, 1998-2016) | NASA". Rainfall (1 month - TRMM, 1998-2016) | NASA. 2019-08-02. Retrieved 2019-08-02.