Tempisque River
The Tempisque River, or Río Tempisque, is 144 kilometres long, located entirely in Costa Rica flowing from the Guanacaste Cordillera near the Orosí Volcano and emptying into the Gulf of Nicoya.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Costa Rica
- Also known as: “Nicoya”, “Río Tempesque”, and “Tempisqueelva”
Tempisque River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Central America, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
10.2° or 10° 12′ north
Longitude
-85.23333° or 85° 14′ west
Open location code
762P6Q28+2M
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Tempisque River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر تيمبيسكي”
- Asturian: “Ríu Tempisque”
- Belarusian: “Тэмпіске”
- Cebuano: “Río Tempisque”
- Chinese: “滕皮斯克河”
- Chuvash: “Темписке”
- Croatian: “Tempisque”
- Czech: “Tempisque”
- French: “Le Tempisque”
- German: “Río Tempisque”
- Irish: “Abhainn Tempisque”
- Kotava: “Tempisque (kuksa)”
- Kotava: “Tempisque”
- Lithuanian: “Tempiskė”
- Malayalam: “ടെമ്പിസ്ക് നദി”
- Mingrelian: “ტემპისკე”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Río Tempisque”
- Norwegian: “Río Tempisque”
- Polish: “Tempisque”
- Portuguese: “Rio Tempisque”
- Russian: “Темписке”
- South Azerbaijani: “تمپیسق چایی”
- Spanish: “Río Tempisque”
- Swedish: “Río Tempisque”
- Venetian: “Fiume Tempisque”
- Welsh: “Afon Tempisque”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Puerto Alegre and Puerto Carazo.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Isla Toro and Punta Moreno.
Guanacaste: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Liberia and Rincón de la Vieja Volcano National Park.
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