Colorado River
The Colorado River, or the Rio Colorado, in Costa Rica is a distributary of the San Juan River which flows 96 kilometres towards the Caribbean in the northern parts of Heredia and Limón Provinces.Photo: Carlos Baquero, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Barra del Colorado Airport and Isla Calero.
Barra del Colorado Airport
Aerodrome
Barra del Colorado Airport is an airport serving the Barra del Colorado Wildlife Refuge in Limón Province, Costa Rica. The airport is on the Colorado River, near the Caribbean coast. Barra del Colorado Airport is situated 3½ km south of Colorado River.
Isla Calero
Island
Photo: Axxis10, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Isla Calero is the largest island in Costa Rica, as well as along the San Juan River, which marks the border between Nicaragua and Costa Rica. The island lies between the San Juan, the Río Colorado of Costa Rica, and the Caribbean Sea. Isla Calero is situated 3½ km southwest of Colorado River.
Colorado River
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Costa Rica
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Limón Province, Costa Rica, Central America, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Colorado River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Colorado”
- Catalan: “Colorado”
- Cebuano: “Río Colorado”
- Chinese: “科羅拉多河”
- French: “Colorado”
- French: “Rio Colorado”
- Irish: “Abhainn Colorado”
- Japanese: “コロラド川”
- Spanish: “Río Colorado”
- Swedish: “Río Colorado”
- Uzbek: “Kolorado daryosi (Kosta-Rika)”
- Uzbek: “Kolorado daryosi”
- Welsh: “Afon Colorado”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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