Tarcoles River
The Tárcoles River, also called the Grande de Tárcoles River or the Río Grande de Tarcoles, in Costa Rica originates on the southern slopes of the Cordillera Central volcanic range and flows in a south-westerly direction to the Gulf of Nicoya.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: River
- Description: river in Costa Rica
- Also known as: “Grande de Tárcoles River”, “Río Grande”, “Río Grande de Turrubares”, “Rio Tarcoles”, and “Tárcoles River”
Tarcoles River
- Category: body of water
- Location: Costa Rica, Central America, North America
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Latitude
9.79545° or 9° 47′ 44″ northLongitude
-84.61641° or 84° 36′ 59″ westOpen location code
66XQQ9WM+5COpenStreetMap ID
way 80764643OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=river
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Satellite Map
Discover Tarcoles River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Tarcoles River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Tárcoles”
- Basque: “Tárcoles ibaia”
- Belarusian: “Рака Таркалес”
- Belarusian: “Таркалес”
- Cebuano: “Río Grande de Tárcoles”
- Chinese: “塔爾科萊斯河”
- Czech: “Tárcoles”
- French: “Rio Grande de Tárcoles”
- Irish: “Abhainn Tárcoles”
- Kotava: “Grande de Tárcoles (kuksa)”
- Kotava: “Grande de Tárcoles”
- Lithuanian: “Tarkolesas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Río Grande de Tárcoles”
- Norwegian: “Río Grande de Tárcoles”
- Persian: “رودخانه تارکولس”
- Polish: “Tárcoles”
- Russian: “Тарколес”
- South Azerbaijani: “تارکولس چایی”
- Spanish: “Rio Grande de Tarcoles”
- Spanish: “Río Grande de Tárcoles”
- Spanish: “Río Grande de Tárculles”
- Swedish: “Río Grande de Tárcoles”
- Tajik: “Дарёи торкулс”
- Tajik: “Тарколес”
- Venetian: “Fiume Grande de Tárculles”
- Welsh: “Afon Tárcoles”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Tarcoles River”. Photo: Jimfbleak, CC BY-SA 3.0.