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The Reventazón River, , (), is a river in Costa Rica.
The Reventazón River, , (), is a river in Costa Rica.
Geography
Reventazón River forms part of the Reventazón-Parisminadrainage basin
A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...
, it is long and flows into the Caribbean sea. It starts at the base of the Irazú Volcano
The Irazú Volcano ( es, Volcán Irazú) is an active volcano in Costa Rica, situated in the Cordillera Central close to the city of Cartago.
The name could come from either the combination of "ara" (point) and "tzu" (thunder) or a corruptio ...
, passing through the east side of the Central Valley, and flows through the Orosí and Turrialba Valleys. After reaching the Caribbean coastal plains it joins the Parismina River and forms what is called the Reventazón-Parismina.
Economy
Water supply
In its upper segments, the Reventazón River is the source of 25% of the drinking water of Costa Rica's largest metropolitan area centered on San Jose.Hydropower generation
The river is very important for power generation. Three reservoirs in the river,Lake Cachí
Lake Cachi ( es, Lago de Cachí ) is an artificial lake in central Costa Rica created by the Cachí Dam (''Represa de Cachí''), an arch dam north of Tapantí National Park, to the east-southeast of Cartago in Cartago Province. The main town is ...
(100.8 MW), Angostura (177MW) and Reventazón Dam (305.5MW) are used for generating a significant share of Costa Rica's electricity. The dam for the third reservoir, Reventazón (305MW), was completed and opened in 2016. The river is also important for tourism, specially for whitewater rafting.
Tourism
Rafting is practiced in the river, which has Class 2-3 rapids in its Florida section.Ecosystem
The bobo mullet (''Joturus pichardi'') is native to the Parismina River and is fished here for subsistence consumption and sometimes commercially.See also
*Codo del Diablo murders
The Codo del Diablo murders were murders that were carried out in Costa Rica on December 19, 1948, in the area of Siquirres, Limón Province, known as ''El Codo del Diablo'' ("Elbow of the Devil"). Six political prisoners were kidnapped and ext ...
References
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