La Selva Biological Station
La Selva Biological Station is a protected area encompassing 1,536 ha of low-land tropical rain forest in northeastern Costa Rica. It is owned and operated by the Organization for Tropical Studies, a consortium of universities and research institutions from the United States, Costa Rica, and Puerto Rico.
- Forest reserve
- …lies at an elevation of around 80 metres (270 feet)
- …is also known as “La Selva Biological Station and Reserve”
- Description: in Costa Rica, one of the Organization for Tropical Studies research stations
- Category: protected area
- Location
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Latitude
10.422° or 10° 25′ 19″ north
Longitude
-84.015° or 84° 0′ 54″ west
Open location code
762QCXCM+QX
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