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 NERFINISHED
Cordillera de Guanacaste NERFINISHED
Cordillera de Talamanca NERFINISHED
Cordillera de Tilarán NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
feature active volcanoes
dormant volcanoes
extinct volcanoes
formedBySubductionOf Cocos Plate beneath Caribbean Plate
geologicalSetting subduction zone
highestPeakInSystem Cerro Chirripó NERFINISHED
influences Costa Rica climate patterns
Costa Rica ecosystems
Costa Rica topography
locatedIn Central America
Cordillera de Talamanca NERFINISHED
notableVolcano Arenal Volcano NERFINISHED
Irazú Volcano NERFINISHED
Miravalles Volcano NERFINISHED
Orosí Volcano NERFINISHED
Poás Volcano NERFINISHED
Rincón de la Vieja Volcano NERFINISHED
Turrialba Volcano NERFINISHED
orientation northwest–southeast
partOf Central American Volcanic Arc NERFINISHED
Costa Rican Volcanic Mountain Ranges NERFINISHED
Costa Rican Volcanic Mountain Ranges NERFINISHED
Costa Rican Volcanic Mountain Ranges NERFINISHED
Costa Rican Volcanic Mountain Ranges NERFINISHED
supports cloud forests
montane rainforests

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Cordillera de Tilarán partOf Costa Rican Volcanic Mountain Ranges
Botos crater partOf Costa Rican Volcanic Mountain Ranges
this entity surface form: Central Volcanic mountain range of Costa Rica
Laguna Caliente volcanicSystem Costa Rican Volcanic Mountain Ranges
this entity surface form: Central Volcanic Range of Costa Rica
Diego de la Haya Crater geologicalSetting Costa Rican Volcanic Mountain Ranges
this entity surface form: Central Volcanic Range of Costa Rica