Térraba River
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Térraba River (Spanish: Río Grande de Térraba), in the southern Brunca region of Costa Rica, is the largest river in that country.[1]
The indigenous Boruca language name is Diquís which means "great river".[2] Its basin is Script error: No such module "convert". and it is Script error: No such module "convert". long, covering ten percent of the country. It is a tributary from the confluence of the Río General and Río Coto Brus.[3] Pineapple plantations occupy Script error: No such module "convert". in the basin, amounting to 21 percent of national production.[4] Mangrove cockles (Anadara tuberculosa and Anadara similis), known locally as piangua, are collected in the mangrove swamps and mud at the mouth of the Río Grande de Térraba.[5]
The Interamerican Highway partially follows the river course and crosses it with a bridge. Along the river lie the villages of Palmar Norte, Palmar Sur and Ciudad Cortés. The Térraba empties in the Pacific Ocean with six mouths: Mala, Brava, Chica, Zacate, Guarumal and Sierpe.[3] A nationally protected wetland, Humedal Nacional Térraba-Sierpe (Térraba-Sierpe National Wetlands) is situated here in the mangroves along the coast.[6]
A proposed project to provide renewable energy to the region, El Diquís Hydroelectric Project, was cancelled. It would have covered Script error: No such module "convert". and required the relocation of 1,500 people.[7]
References
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- ↑ Instituto Costarricense de Turismo map Script error: No such module "webarchive"., 2007. Template:In lang
- ↑ American Cultures > Pre-Columbian Cultures > Intermediate > Diquís > Environment and Geography Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino. Retrieved: 2012-11-05.
- ↑ a b Río Grande de Térraba Guías Costa Rica. Retrieved: 2012-11-04. Template:In lang
- ↑ Caracterización Socioeconómica de la Cuenca del Río Grande de Térraba Escuela de Relaciones Internacionales, Universidad Nacional Heredia, 2010. Template:In lang
- ↑ The Fisheries for Mangrove Cockles Marine Fisheries Review, 2001.
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- ↑ Project Website. Proyecto Hidroelctrico El Diquís Script error: No such module "webarchive".
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