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Arenal Volcano

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Arenal Volcano (Volcán Arenal) is an active andesitic stratovolcano in north-western Costa Rica around 90 km northwest of San José, in the province of Alajuela, canton of San Carlos, and district of La Fortuna. [1]

24 relations: Alajuela Province, Andesite, Arenal Volcano National Park, Chato Volcano, Costa Rica, Drainage divide, Fumarole, Hydroelectricity, Irazú Volcano, Lake Arenal, Lava dome, List of volcanoes in Costa Rica, Miravalles Volcano, Orosí Volcano, Pleistocene, Poás Volcano, Rincón de la Vieja Volcano, San Carlos (canton), San José, Costa Rica, Seismology, Stratovolcano, Tilarán, Turrialba Volcano, Volcano.

Alajuela Province

Alajuela is a province of Costa Rica.

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Andesite

Andesite is an extrusive igneous, volcanic rock, of intermediate composition, with aphanitic to porphyritic texture.

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Arenal Volcano National Park

Arenal Volcano National Park (Parque Nacional Volcán Arenal) is a Costa Rican national park in the central part of the country, forming the Arenal Tilaran Conservation Area.

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Chato Volcano

Chato Volcano, sometimes called "Cerro Chato" (Spanish for, literally, "Flat Hill"), is an inactive volcano in north-western Costa Rica north-west of San José, in the province of Alajuela, canton of San Carlos, and district of La Fortuna.

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Costa Rica

Costa Rica ("Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica (República de Costa Rica), is a country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Ecuador to the south of Cocos Island.

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Drainage divide

A drainage divide, water divide, divide, ridgeline, watershed, or water parting is the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins.

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Fumarole

A fumarole (or fumerole – the word ultimately comes from the Latin fumus, "smoke") is an opening in a planet's crust, often in areas surrounding volcanoes, which emits steam and gases such as carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, hydrogen chloride, and hydrogen sulfide.

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Hydroelectricity

Hydroelectricity is electricity produced from hydropower.

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Irazú Volcano

The Irazú Volcano (Volcán Irazú) is an active volcano in Costa Rica, situated in the Cordillera Central close to the city of Cartago.

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Lake Arenal

Lake Arenal (Lago Arenal) is a lake which is situated in the northern highlands of Costa Rica.

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Lava dome

In volcanology, a lava dome or volcanic dome is a roughly circular mound-shaped protrusion resulting from the slow extrusion of viscous lava from a volcano.

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List of volcanoes in Costa Rica

This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Costa Rica.

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Miravalles Volcano

The Miravalles Volcano is an andesitic stratovolcano in Costa Rica.

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Orosí Volcano

The Orosí Volcano, in Spanish the Volcán Orosí, is an inactive volcano in Costa Rica, situated in the Cordillera de Guanacaste near the border with Nicaragua.

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Pleistocene

The Pleistocene (often colloquially referred to as the Ice Age) is the geological epoch which lasted from about 2,588,000 to 11,700 years ago, spanning the world's most recent period of repeated glaciations.

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Poás Volcano

The Poás Volcano, (Volcán Poás), is an active stratovolcano in central Costa Rica and is located within Poas Volcano National Park.

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Rincón de la Vieja Volcano

Rincón de la Vieja (from Spanish, "Corner of the Old Woman") is an active andesitic complex volcano in north-western Costa Rica, about 23 km from Liberia, in the province of Guanacaste.

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San Carlos (canton)

San Carlos is the 10th canton in the province of Alajuela in Costa Rica.

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San José, Costa Rica

San José (literally meaning "Saint Joseph") is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica.

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Seismology

Seismology (from Ancient Greek σεισμός (seismós) meaning "earthquake" and -λογία (-logía) meaning "study of") is the scientific study of earthquakes and the propagation of elastic waves through the Earth or through other planet-like bodies.

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Stratovolcano

A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a conical volcano built up by many layers (strata) of hardened lava, tephra, pumice and ash.

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Tilarán

is a small town in the Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica.

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Turrialba Volcano

Turrialba Volcano is an active volcano in central Costa Rica that has been explosively eruptive in recent years including 2016 and in January, March and April 2017.

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Volcano

A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.

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Mount Arenal, Mt. Arenal, Volcan Arenal, Volcán Arenal.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arenal_Volcano

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