Río Térraba
| Río Térraba | ||
 Pre-Columbian stone balls over the valley of the Río Térraba |
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| location | Costa Rica | |
| River system | Río Térraba | |
| muzzle | in the Pacific Ocean , Costa Rica Coordinates: 9 ° 1 ′ 56 " N , 83 ° 37 ′ 36" W 9 ° 1 ′ 56 " N , 83 ° 37 ′ 36" W |
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| Mouth height |
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| length | 160 km | |
| Catchment area | 5085 km² | |
The Río Térraba ( Spanish : Río Grande de Térraba ) is the largest river in Costa Rica . It flows through the south of the country and flows into the Pacific .
Catchment area
The catchment area of the Río Térraba covers approx. 5085 km² (= 10% of the land area of Costa Rica) and extends over a length of 160 km. The river arises from the confluence of the Río General and Río Coto Brus . Large parts of the catchment area are dominated by pineapple plantations. South of the river mouth is the Térraba-Sierpe Conservation Area (Spanish: Humeda Nacional Térraba Sierpe ).
Economic use
There were plans to dam the Río Térraba to generate electricity. Protests by the local Boruca people ultimately led to the fact that this Boruca dam was not implemented as planned and the project was replaced by the El Diquís hydropower project . This provides that the Río General, a source river of the Térraba, should now be dammed. The population in this area is called Térraba , analogous to the Térraba River . They are now protesting against the damming of the Río General.
Web links
- Río Grande de Térraba (Spanish)
- Case area in Costa Rica: The Terraba River basin
- Terraba Basin, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
- Caracterización Socioeconómica de la Cuenca del Río Grande de Térraba (Spanish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jacques Callède and others: Les apports en eau de l'Amazone à l'Océan Atlantique . In: Revue des sciences de l'eau / Journal of Water Science. Vol. 23, No. 3, Montreal 2010, pp. 247–273 (accessed on August 19, 2013)
- ↑ Instituto Costarricense de Turismo map ( Memento of the original from January 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , 2007. (Spanish)
- ↑ Caracterización Socioeconómica de la Cuenca del Río Grande de Térraba Escuela de Relaciones Internacionales, Universidad Nacional Heredia, 2010. (Spanish)
