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Iguazu River. The Iguazu River (Portuguese: Rio Iguaçu[4] [ˈʁi.u iɡwaˈsu], Spanish: Río Iguazú [ˈri.o iɣwaˈsu]), [5] also called Rio Iguassu, [6] (from the Guaraní í Guazú, literally "Big Water") [7] is a river in Brazil and Argentina. It is an important tributary of the Paraná River. The Iguazu River is 1,320 kilometres (820 mi ...
The falls divide the river into the upper and lower Iguazu. The Iguazu River rises near the heart of the city of Curitiba. For most of its course, the river flows through Brazil; however, most of the falls are on the Argentine side. Below its confluence with the San Antonio River, the Iguazu River forms the border between Argentina and Brazil.
Political and human geography. Costa Rica shares a 313-kilometre (194-mile) border with Nicaragua to the north, and a 348-km border with Panama to the south. Costa Rica claims an exclusive economic zone of 574,725 km 2 (221,903 sq mi) with 200 nautical miles (370.4 km; 230.2 mi) and a territorial sea of 12 nautical miles (22.2 km; 13.8 mi).
Location in Costa Rica. Irazú Volcano National Park, or in Spanish the Parque Nacional Volcán Irazú, is a National Park in the Central Conservation Area of Costa Rica that encompasses the area around the Irazú Volcano in Cartago Province which incorporates what used to be the Ruben Torres Rojas Forest Reserve now called the Prusia Forest ...
The Irazú volcano is a complex volcanic shield. It is the highest active volcano in Costa Rica, and has an area of 500 km 2 (190 sq mi). It has an irregular subconic shape, and temperatures at its summit vary between 3 and 17 °C (37 and 63 °F), with a record low of −3 °C(26.6 °F) [5] and a record high of 23.2 °C(73.4 °F). [6]
Archaeology of the Diquís Delta, Costa Rica. Cambridge: Papers of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology 51. ISBN 0-00-000000-0. Stone, Doris (1943). "Preliminary investigation of the flood plain of the Río Grande de Térraba, Costa Rica". American Antiquity. 9 (1): 74–88. doi:10.2307/275453. JSTOR 275453. S2CID 163632144.
The Rio Celeste (sky blue river) at Tenorio Volcano National Park in Costa Rica. San Juan River. Colorado River (distributary) Chirripó River. Sarapiquí River. Toro River. Sucio River. San Carlos River. Arenal River.
Batson Creek Falls – 34 m (112 ft) waterfall that meets Connestee Falls in Transylvania County. Bridal Veil Falls – 37 m (121 ft); DuPont State Forest. Connestee Falls – 26 m (85 ft) tiered cascade that meets Batson Creek Falls in Transylvania County. Corbin Creek Falls – 183 m (600 ft) series of cascades.