List of lakes of Costa Rica explained

This is a list of lakes, reservoirs, and water bodies in Costa Rica.^[1]

Name	Type	Elevation (m)	Area (km²)	Depth (m)	Coordinates
L. Arenal	artificial	540	80.7690	55.00	10.518°N -84.9008°W
L. Asunción	artificial?	3340	0.0005	1.00	9.576°N -83.759°W
L. Barva	crater	2840	0.0080	7.90	10.135°N -84.107°W
L. Bonilla	landslide	380	0.3080	27.00	9.9926°N -83.602°W
L. Bonillita	landslide	450	0.0600	20.00	9.9921°N -83.6115°W
L. Bosque Alegre	crater	740	0.0060	4.00	10.2992°N -84.2187°W
L. Botos	crater	2580	0.1033	9.00	10.1871°N -84.2273°W
L. Cachí	reservoir	970	3.2400	80	9.8272°N -83.8167°W
L. Las Camelias (wildlife refuge)					10.9628°N -85.1014°W
L. Campo Dos	artificial	1036	0.0010	1.50	8.727°N -82.937°W
L. Campo Tres	artificial	1097	0.0010	2.60	8.723°N -82.935°W
L. Carara	oxbow	16	0.0210	3.50	9.8°N -84.598°W
L. Castillo	artificial	750	0.0010	3.50	9.033°N -83.593°W
L. Cedeño	landslide	610	0.0640	3.00	10.4848°N -84.7033°W
L. Cerro Chato	crater	1050	0.0280	17.90	10.444°N -84.691°W
L. Chirripó 1	glacial	3520	0.0780	22.00	9.485°N -83.498°W
L. Chitaría	artificial	720	0.0003	1.00	9.937°N -83.597°W
L. Cocoritos	artificial	520	0.0020	1.00	10.377°N -84.631°W
L. Congo	crater	740	0.1490	14.60	10.3053°N -84.2164°W
L. Copey	crater	2460	0.0050	2.00	10.139°N -84.093°W
L. Cote	crater?	650	1.9830	11.00	10.583°N -84.912°W
L. Cuipilapa	artificial	480	0.0010	1.90	10.67°N -85.164°W
L. Ditkebi	glacial	3493	0.0120	7.00	9.47°N -83.482°W
L. Espabelosa	lava flow	440	0.0060	3.00	10.661°N -85.183°W
L. Estero Blanco	lava flow	430	0.0150	2.80	10.667°N -85.204°W
L. Foster	artificial	40	0.0003	1.50	8.69°N -83.102°W
L. Fraijanes	landslide	1650	0.2200	6.20	10.1253°N -84.1911°W
L. Gamboa	wetland	1460	0.0030	2.00	8.722°N -82.988°W
L. Gandoca	oxbow	0	0.0730	6.40	9.587°N -82.604°W
L. González	landslide	710	0.0060	8.10	10.2867°N -84.4643°W
L. Hule	crater	740	0.5470	19.80	10.2953°N -84.2089°W
L. Jalapa					10.5315°N -84.0314°W
L. La Palma	lava flow	570	0.0500	10.80	10.487°N -84.716°W
L. Lancaster Abajo	landslide	330	0.0500	16.90	10.0127°N -83.5964°W
L. Lancaster Arriba	landslide	430	0.0130	2.00	10.021°N -83.5954°W
L. Las Brisas	lava flow	300	0.0080	2.20	10.65°N -85.201°W
L. Los Juncos Far	lava flow	440	0.0100	1.80	10.669°N -85.19°W
L. Los Juncos Near	lava flow	440	0.0080	1.70	10.668°N -85.191°W
L. Madre Vieja	oxbow	16	0.0300	3.00	9.81°N -84.598°W
L. Manuel	-	2000	0.0273	-	9.6894°N -83.9784°W
L. Maquenque					10.7519°N -84.1035°W
L. Maria Aguilar	landslide	770	0.0270	6.90	10.3011°N -84.1879°W
L. Martillete	lava flow	410	0.0350	2.50	10.654°N -85.194°W
L. Morrenas 0	glacial	3496	0.0110	2.90	9.492°N -83.485°W
L. Morrenas 1	glacial	3477	0.0560	8.30	9.494°N -83.487°W
L. Morrenas 2	glacial	3475	0.0230	1.30	9.495°N -83.49°W
L. Morrenas 2a	glacial	3532	0.0090	0.90	9.49°N -83.49°W
L. Morrenas 3	glacial	3472	0.0310	8.10	9.408°N -83.49°W
L. Morrenas 4	glacial	3466	0.0060	3.00	9.5°N -83.489°W
L. Osa l	artificial	30	0.0020	1.50	8.684°N -83.505°W
L. Paraguas					8.7892°N -82.9877°W
L. Peje					10.1789°N -83.4978°W
L. Poco Sol	landslide	776	0.0290	11.30	10.352°N -84.672°W
L. Pozo Verde	landslide	1950			10.2624°N -84.3558°W
L. Ramirez	crater?	570	0.0100	2.50	10.732°N -85.017°W
L. Refugio	glacial	3450	0.0090	0.90	9.503°N -83.493°W
L. Río Cuarto	crater	380	0.3150	66.00	10.3569°N -84.2164°W
L. San Francisco	artificial	90	0.0030	2.50	10.458°N -84.405°W
L. San Joaquín	wetland	976	0.0540	1.00	8.828°N -82.953°W
P. San Miguel	swamp	10	0.3000	2.00	9.573°N -82.648°W
L. San Pablo	lava flow	450	0.0450	2.50	10.661°N -85.18°W
L. San Vito	artificial	990	0.0020	3.50	8.827°N -82.96°W
L. Sierpe	wetland	16	1.0280	2.20	8.782°N -83.328°W
L. Tres de Junio	artificial	2670	0.0005	1.50	9.667°N -83.852°W
L. University	artificial	760	0.0090	1.00	9.363°N -83.694°W
L. Vaca Blanca	artificial	94	0.0050	2.50	10.455°N -84.397°W
L. Vueltas	landslide	270	0.0030	3.00	8.967°N -83.178°W
L. Zent	oxbow	17	0.0130	2.00	10.032°N -83.282°W
L. Zoncho	landslide	1190	0.0080	2.60	8.813°N -82.963°W

See also

• List of volcanoes in Costa Rica, which includes the crater lakes listed.
• Haberyan . K.A. . Horn . S.P. . Chemical and physical characteristics of seven volcanic lakes in Costa Rica . Brenesia . 1999 . 51 . 85–95.
• Horn . S.P. . Haberyan . K.A. . Costa Rican Lakes: Chemical and physical properties . National Geographic Research & Exploration . 1993 . 9 . 86–103.
• Horn . S.P. . Haberyan . K.A. . Lakes of Costa Rica. Chapter 19 . 656–682 . Costa Rican Ecosystems . Kappelle . M. . Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
• Horn . S.P. . Orvis . K.H. . Haberyan . K.A. . Limnología de las lagunas glaciales en el páramo del Chirripó, Costa Rica. . es.
• Horn . S.P. . Johanson . E.N. . Haberyan . K.A.. Boehm . M.S.. Johanson . J.L.. Sánchez . M.. Hernández V. . M.. Initial limnological observations of five lakes in southern Pacific Costa Rica.. 2018.
• Umaña V.. G.. Haberyan . K.A.. Horn . S.P. . 1999. Limnology in Costa Rica.. Limnology in Developing Countries 2.. 33–62. Wetzel . R.G.. Gopal . B..

Notes and References

1. Haberyan . K.A. . Horn . S.P. . Umana V . G. . Basic limnology of fifty-one lakes in Costa Rica . Revista de Biología Tropical . March 2003 . 51 . 1 . 107–122 . 15162686 . 10 April 2020. .