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  2. Carrizalillo (caldera) - Wikipedia

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    The Puquios caldera partly overlaps the Carrizalillo caldera margin. These subsidiary calderas have left lava conduits, lacustrine and intrusive structures and other geomorphologic features. [4] The caldera is constructed in the terrain of the San Antonio formation, which forms megabreccia in the caldera. [2]

  3. List of volcanoes in Costa Rica - Wikipedia

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    Name Type Elevation Location Last eruption Aguas Zarcas volcanic field: extinct, one hill and eight hillocks: 160 metres (520 ft) to 528 metres (1,732 ft)

  4. Turrialba Volcano - Wikipedia

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    The volcano is named after its canton, Turrialba, in Costa Rica's Cartago Province. There is no clear consensus on the origin of the name Turrialba, but historians disagree with attempts to attribute the name to the patronym Torrealba (from Aragon in Spain ) or from the Latin Turris alba (white tower).

  5. Cordillera Central (Costa Rica) - Wikipedia

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    The Cordillera Central is a volcanic mountain range in central Costa Rica which continues from the Continental Divide to east of Cordillera de Tilarán. It extends 80 km from Tapezco Pass to the Turrialba Volcano and ends on the Pacuare River. It is separated from Cordillera de Tilarán by Balsa River and Platanar and Zarcero hills.

  6. Costa Rican Central Valley - Wikipedia

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    The Central Valley had been traditionally the favorite place for Costa Ricans to live, and even today it contains an unequal distribution of population of the country, in relation to its size. This is because of the fertility of land in the region, helped by the influence of volcanoes and rivers that run through the valley.

  7. One of California's riskiest volcanoes has been seeing more ...

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    The caldera was classified in 2018 by the U.S. Geological Survey as one of three volcanoes in the state — along with 15 elsewhere in the U.S. — considered a "very high threat," the highest ...

  8. Category:Cretaceous calderas - Wikipedia

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    Carrizalillo (caldera) P. Potrerillos (caldera) This page was last edited on 28 June 2022, at 20:24 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...

  9. List of faults in Costa Rica - Wikipedia

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    Agua Caliente Fault, in the Central Valley. [1]Alajuela Fault, in the Central Valley. [1]Ángel-Varablanca Fault, in the Central Valley. [2]Atirro Fault, in Turrialba.