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Tronadora is a district of the Tilarán canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica. [1] [2] It is located on the west shore of Lake Arenal. It is connected by road to Tejona and Tilarán along Route 142. [3] The weather is changeable due to the proximity of the confluence of the Pacific coast weather pattern and the inland lake weather ...
Lake Arenal (Spanish: Lago Arenal) is a lake in the northern highlands of Costa Rica. It is the largest lake in Costa Rica at 85-square-kilometre (33 sq mi). Its depth varies between 30 and 60 meters (100–200 feet) seasonally. [2] Originally a natural lake, Lake Arenal was tripled in size with the 1979 construction of the Presa Sangregado Dam ...
Pages in category "Lake Arenal" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. ... El Silencio, Costa Rica; N. Nuevo Arenal; P. Presa Sangregado Dam; T.
List of volcanoes in Costa Rica, which includes the crater lakes listed.; Haberyan, K.A.; Horn, S.P. (1999). "Chemical and physical characteristics of seven volcanic lakes in Costa Rica".
Arenal Volcano National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Volcán Arenal) is a Costa Rican national park in the central part of the country, part of the Arenal Huetar Norte Conservation Area. The park encompasses the Arenal Volcano , the most active in the country, which was believed to be dormant until a major eruption in 1968.
Because Costa Rica is located between 8 and 12 degrees north of the Equator, the climate is tropical year round. However, the country has many microclimates depending on elevation, rainfall, topography, and by the geography of each particular region. Costa Rica's seasons are defined by how much rain falls during a particular period.
Presa Sangregado Dam (also known as Arenal Dam and Sangregado Dam) is a high-earthen hydroelectric dam on the south-east shore of Lake Arenal in the Guanacaste Province of northwest Costa Rica. The dam is 288 feet (88 m) and 184 feet (56 m) high. [1] The installed hydroelectric capacity is 157 megawatts [citation needed].
The Lake Arenal Hydroelectric Power Plant has approximately 1,570 BCM of useful capacity and produces roughly 70% [citation needed] of Costa Rica's electricity. The hydroelectric dam on this lake is known as Presa Sangregado Dam , Arenal Dam , or the Sangregado Dam .