Costa Rican Volcanic Mountain Ranges

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The Costa Rican Volcanic Mountain Ranges are a chain of geologically active and dormant volcanic cordilleras that run across Costa Rica, forming a major segment of the Central American Volcanic Arc and shaping much of the country’s rugged topography and ecosystems.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain peak ⓘ
mountain range ⓘ
segment of the Central American Volcanic Arc ⓘ
volcanic mountain range ⓘ
volcanic mountain range ⓘ
volcanic mountain range ⓘ
volcanic mountain range system ⓘ
associatedHazard earthquakes ⓘ
lahars ⓘ
landslides ⓘ
volcanic eruptions ⓘ
composedOf Cordillera Central ⓘ
Cordillera de Guanacaste ⓘ
Cordillera de Talamanca ⓘ
Cordillera de Tilarán ⓘ
country Costa Rica ⓘ
Costa Rica ⓘ
Costa Rica ⓘ
Costa Rica ⓘ
Costa Rica ⓘ
Costa Rica ⓘ
economicUse agriculture on volcanic soils ⓘ
geothermal energy ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
elevation 3819 m ⓘ
extendsInto Panama ⓘ
feature active volcanoes ⓘ
dormant volcanoes ⓘ
extinct volcanoes ⓘ
formedBySubductionOf Cocos Plate beneath Caribbean Plate ⓘ
geologicalSetting subduction zone ⓘ
highestPeakInSystem Cerro Chirripó ⓘ
influences Costa Rica climate patterns ⓘ
Costa Rica ecosystems ⓘ
Costa Rica topography ⓘ
locatedIn Central America ⓘ
Cordillera de Talamanca ⓘ
notableVolcano Arenal Volcano ⓘ
linked to: Arenal

Irazú Volcano ⓘ
Miravalles Volcano ⓘ
Orosí Volcano ⓘ
Poás Volcano ⓘ
linked to: Poás

Rincón de la Vieja Volcano ⓘ
Turrialba Volcano ⓘ
linked to: Turrialba
orientation northwest–southeast ⓘ
partOf Central American Volcanic Arc ⓘ
Costa Rican Volcanic Mountain Ranges ⓘ
Costa Rican Volcanic Mountain Ranges ⓘ
Costa Rican Volcanic Mountain Ranges ⓘ
Costa Rican Volcanic Mountain Ranges ⓘ
supports cloud forests ⓘ
montane rainforests ⓘ

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Cordillera de Tilarán → partOf → Costa Rican Volcanic Mountain Ranges ⓘ
Botos crater → partOf → Central Volcanic mountain range of Costa Rica ⓘ
linked to: Costa Rican Volcanic Mountain Ranges
Laguna Caliente → volcanicSystem → Central Volcanic Range of Costa Rica ⓘ
linked to: Costa Rican Volcanic Mountain Ranges
Diego de la Haya Crater → geologicalSetting → Central Volcanic Range of Costa Rica ⓘ
linked to: Costa Rican Volcanic Mountain Ranges
Botos Lake → geologicalSetting → Central Volcanic Range of Costa Rica ⓘ
linked to: Costa Rican Volcanic Mountain Ranges
Tilarán mountain range → partOf → Costa Rican Volcanic Mountain Ranges ⓘ
Cordillera de Guanacaste → partOf → Costa Rican Volcanic Mountain Ranges ⓘ
Cordillera de Tilarán → partOf → Costa Rican Volcanic Mountain Ranges ⓘ
Cordillera Central → partOf → Costa Rican Volcanic Mountain Ranges ⓘ
Cordillera de Talamanca → partOf → Costa Rican Volcanic Mountain Ranges ⓘ