Bosawás Biosphere Reserve

The Bosawás Biosphere Reserve is a tropical rainforest in designated as a UNESCO biosphere reserve in 1997. At approximately 20,000 km2 in size, the reserve comprises about 15% of the nation's total land area.
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  • Wildlife reserve
  • …lies at an elevation of 252 metres (827 feet)
  • …is also known as “Reserva de la Biosfera Bosawás”
  • Description: nature reserve in Nicaragua

Bosawás Biosphere Reserve

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Latitude
13.44305° or 13° 26′ 35″ north
Longitude
-85.14404° or 85° 8′ 39″ west
Open location code
765PCVV4+69
Geo­Names ID
6942325
Wiki­data ID
Q3018368

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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Swedish—“Bosawás Biosphere Reserve” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “বোসাস জীবমণ্ডল সংরক্ষিত এলাকা”
  • Catalan: “Reserva de la biosfera Bosawás”
  • Cebuano: “Bosawas Biosphere Reserve”
  • Dutch: “Bosawás Biosphere Reserve”
  • Esperanto: “Rezervejo Bosawas”
  • Finnish: “Bosawasin biosfäärialue”
  • French: “Réserve de biosphère de Bosawás”
  • German: “Bosawás Biosphere Reserve”
  • German: “Reserva de la Biosfera Bosawás”
  • Hebrew: “השמורה הביוספרית בוסאוואס”
  • Lithuanian: “Bosavaso biosferos rezervatas”
  • Lithuanian: “Bosavaso gamtos draustinis”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Resèrva de Bosawás”
  • Persian: “ذخیره‌گاه زیست‌کره بوواش”
  • Russian: “Босавас (биосферный заповедник)”
  • Russian: “Босавас”
  • Serbian: “Босавас”
  • Slovenian: “Biosferni rezervat Bosawás”
  • Spanish: “Reserva Bosawás”
  • Spanish: “Reserva de Bosawás”
  • Spanish: “Reserva de la biosfera Bosawás”
  • Spanish: “Reserva de la Biosfera Bosawás”
  • Swedish: “Biosfärområdet Bosawás”

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