Lake Río Cuarto Explained

Lake Río Cuarto
Type:	crater lake
Pushpin Map:	Costa Rica
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Costa Rica
Coordinates:	10.3569°N -84.2164°W
Area:	0.315km2
Max-Depth:	66m (217feet)
Elevation:	380m (1,250feet)

Lake Río Cuarto (Spanish; Castilian: Laguna Río Cuarto), is a fresh water crater lake located in the northern highlands of Costa Rica. It is the deepest natural lake in Costa Rica at 66m (217feet).^[1]

Location

It is located in Río Cuarto canton, of Alajuela province.

Physical aspects

The lake Río Cuarto is a maar lake located within a crater, it has an almost circular outline. There is no secondary volcanic activity present.^{[2] [3]}

See also

• List of lakes in Costa Rica

Notes and References

1. Haberyan . Kurt A. . Horn . Sally P. . Umaña V. . Gerardo . Basic limnology of fifty-one lakes in Costa Rica . Revista de Biología Tropical . March 2003 . 51 . 1 . 107–122 . 15162686 .
2. Umaña-Villalobos . Gerardo . Farah-Pérez . Aldo . Revisiting the limnology of Lake Río Cuarto, Costa Rica, thirty-five years later . Revista de Biología Tropical . 10 May 2018 . 66 . 1 . S42–S52 . . 10.15517/rbt.v66i1.33259 . free .
3. Web site: Laguna Río Cuarto . RSN . 12 April 2020.