Housing Watch Web Search

  1. Ads

    related to: google maps costa rica directions

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Costa Rica - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica

    Costa Rica ( UK: / ˌkɒstəˈriːkə /, US: / ˌkoʊstə -/ ⓘ; Spanish: [ˈkosta ˈrika]; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica, [11] is a country in the Central American region of North America. Costa Rica is bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the ...

  3. Arenal Volcano National Park - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arenal_Volcano_National_Park

    Location 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 ...

  4. Geography of Costa Rica - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Costa_Rica

    574,725 km 2 (221,903 sq mi) Costa Rica is located on the Central American Isthmus, surrounding the point 10° north of the equator and 84° west of the prime meridian. It has 212 km of Caribbean Sea coastline and 1,016 on the North Pacific Ocean . The area is 51,100 km 2 of which 40 km 2 is water. It is slightly smaller than Bosnia and ...

  5. Tortuguero National Park - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortuguero_National_Park

    The park is located on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica and covers an area of 77,032 acres (31,174 ha). It is bounded with an elevation range of 0–230 metres (0–755 ft), indicative of a sea coastal region to low hilly topography. [6] The Tortuguero National Park has over 20 miles of coastline, which provides sea turtles a protected place ...

  6. Chirripó National Park - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chirripó_National_Park

    Designated. 2 February 2003. Reference no. 1286 [2] Chirripó National Park is a national park of Costa Rica, encompassing parts of three provinces: San José, Limón and Cartago. It was established in 1975. [1] It is named for its most prominent feature, Cerro Chirripó, which at 3,820 m (12,530 ft) is the highest mountain in Costa Rica.

  7. Liberia, Costa Rica - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberia,_Costa_Rica

    Liberia ( Spanish pronunciation: [li.ˈβe.ɾja]) is a district and the largest city in the Guanacaste Province of Costa Rica, located 215 kilometres (134 mi) northwest of the national capital, San José. [1] [2] Part of the Liberia canton, it is a major center for the country's tourism industry. Liberia has been nicknamed la ciudad blanca (the ...

  8. Lake Arenal - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Arenal

    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 at its northern end. All land below the 550-meter level was expropriated by the Costa ...

  9. Carara National Park - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carara_National_Park

    Location in Costa Rica. Carara National Park is a national park in the Central Pacific Conservation Area located near the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. It was established on 27 April 1978 as a biological reserve, but its growing popularity after 1990 forced the government to upgrade its category to national park in November 1998.

  1. Ads

    related to: google maps costa rica directions