Cordillera de los Maribios

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Cordillera de los Maribios is a volcanic mountain range in western Nicaragua known for its chain of active and dormant volcanoes, including Momotombo.

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Label Occurrences
Cordillera de los Maribios canonical 7

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range
volcanic mountain range
climate tropical
contains chain of active volcanoes
chain of dormant volcanoes
country Nicaragua
countrySubdivision Chinandega Department ONNED1
León Department
formedBy subduction of Cocos Plate beneath Caribbean Plate
geologicalType volcanic arc
hasHighestPeak San Cristóbal
hasNotableDisaster Casita 1998 lahar
hasNotableEruption Cerro Negro 1992 eruption
Momotombo Volcano
surface form: Momotombo 2015–2016 eruptions
hasVolcano Apoyeque
Casita
Cerro Negro NERFINISHED
Chiltepe
El Hoyo
Las Pilas
Momotombo
Monte Galán
Nejapa
Rota
San Cristóbal
Telica
hazardType ashfall
lahars
pyroclastic flows
knownFor frequent volcanic eruptions
tourism related to volcano hiking
volcanic hazards
languageOfToponym Spanish
locatedIn western Nicaragua
locatedOn Pacific side of Nicaragua
mountainType stratovolcano chain
nameMeaning Maribios Range
nearbyBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
nearbyCity Chinandega
León
partOf Central America
Central American Volcanic Arc
region southwestern Nicaragua
surface form: Pacific lowlands of Nicaragua
tectonicSetting subduction zone
tourismActivity volcano boarding on Cerro Negro
vegetation dry tropical forest
volcanicActivity active
dormant
volcanicRockType basaltic-andesitic

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Momotombo mountainRange Cordillera de los Maribios
San Cristóbal mountainRange Cordillera de los Maribios
Chinandega Department hasVolcanicChain Cordillera de los Maribios
Momotombo Volcano mountainRange Cordillera de los Maribios
Telica mountainRange Cordillera de los Maribios
Casita mountainRange Cordillera de los Maribios
Cerro Negro mountainRange Cordillera de los Maribios