Tempisque Conservation Area is an administrative area which is managed by

SINAC National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC, es, Sistema Nacional de Áreas de Conservación) is part of the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE) of Costa Rica. It is the administrator for the nation's national parks, conservation areas, an ...

for the purposes of conservation in the western part of

Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...

, including the

Tempisque River The Tempisque River, or Río Tempisque, is long, located entirely in Costa Rica flowing from the Guanacaste Cordillera near the Orosí Volcano and emptying into the Gulf of Nicoya. It passes through the Palo Verde National Park and is an impor ...

valley and the

Nicoya Peninsula The Nicoya Peninsula () is a peninsula on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. It is divided into two provinces: Guanacaste Province in the north, and the Puntarenas Province in the south. It is located at . It varies from 19 to wide and is approxi ...

. It contains a number of

National Park A national park is a nature park, natural park in use for conservation (ethic), conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state dec ...

Wildlife refuge A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, or features of geological or ...

s and

Forest Reserve A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, or features of geological or ...

Geography

It is located in the northwestern part of Costa Rica. It includes the

Protected areas

Barra Honda National Park Barra Honda National Park is a national park in the western part of Costa Rica, which forms part of the Tempisque Conservation Area about from the Tempisque River. It was created in 1974 to protect its famous cave systems, under the Barra Honda P ...

Cabo Blanco Absolute Natural Reserve The Cabo Blanco Absolute Natural Reserve is a Nature Reserve of Costa Rica, part of the Tempisque Conservation Area in the province of Puntarenas, covering an area of terrestrial and marine on the southern tip of the Nicoya Peninsula near Monte ...

* Cabo Blanco Marine Management Area * Caletas-Ario Mixed Wildlife Refuge *

Camaronal Wildlife Refuge The Camaronal Wildlife Refuge is a Wildlife refuge of Costa Rica, part of the Tempisque Conservation Area, on the Pacific Coast of the Nicoya Peninsula. The refuge was created for the protection of sea turtles nesting sites for leatherback, olive ...

* Cañas River Lacustrine Wetland * Chora Island Wildlife Refuge * Cipancí Wildlife Refuge * Conchal Wildlife Refuge * Corral de Piedra Palustrine Wetland *

Curú Wildlife Refuge The Curú Wildlife Refuge is a Wildlife refuge of Costa Rica, part of the Tempisque Conservation Area, tropical dry forests on the southern Nicoya Peninsula, near Tambor. Although it is a wildlife refuge, it is also private property, forming par ...

Diriá National Park The Diriá National Park, until 2004 the Diriá National Forest Wildlife Refuge, is a National Park of Costa Rica south of Santa Cruz in the Guanacaste Province, and forms part of the Tempisque Conservation Area. It protects both dry and at higher ...

* Guayabo Island Biological Reserve * Iguanita Wildlife Refuge * La Cruz Hill Protected Zone * Las Baulas de Guanacaste Protected Zone * Las Baulas Marine National Park * Mata Redonda Wildlife Refuge * Monte Alto Protected Zone * Negritos Islands Biological Reserve * Nicolas Wessberg Absolute Natural Reserve * Nicoya Peninsula Protected Zone * Ostional Mixed Wildlife Refuge *

Romelia Wildlife Refuge The Romelia Wildlife Refuge is a Wildlife refuge in Costa Rica, part of the Tempisque Conservation Area, near Montezuma, Costa Rica on the Nicoya Peninsula The Nicoya Peninsula () is a peninsula on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. It is divid ...

* Werner Sauter Wildlife Refuge *

Zapandí Riverine Wetlands Zapandí Riverine Wetlands ( es, Humedal Riberino Zapandí), is a nature reserve in Guanacaste Province, northwestern Costa Rica, created by decree 22732-MIRENEM in 1993. The nature reserve is within the Guanacaste Conservation Area, Tempisque Con ...

References

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