The village of Tortuguero, from which the neighbouring Tortuguero National Park received its name, is located on the southern border the refuge, and contains two research stations.
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Barra del Colorado Wildlife Refuge at Costa Rica National Parks
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barra, colorado, wildlife, refuge, wildlife, refuge, part, tortuguero, conservation, area, limón, province, northeastern, part, costa, rica, second, largest, rain, forest, preserve, country, protects, areas, that, contain, humid, forests, mangroves, canals, ma. Barra del Colorado Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife refuge part of the Tortuguero Conservation Area in Limon Province in the northeastern part of Costa Rica It is the second largest rain forest preserve in the country and protects areas that contain hot humid forests mangroves canals and marine areas The Refuge is bounded in part by the San Juan and Colorado rivers and is located to the south the Tortuguero National Park Barra del Colorado Wildlife RefugeLocationCosta RicaCoordinates10 46 18 N 83 35 56 W 10 77167 N 83 59889 W 10 77167 83 59889Area200 600 acres 812 km2 Established1984Governing bodyNational System of Conservation Areas SINAC The area protected has a hot and humid climate with no dry season and is the habitat of the endangered West Indian manatee as well as many caymans crocodiles and fish It is also home to a variety of tapirs jaguars cougars monkeys ocelots and other mammals Birds found include osprey toucans cormorants herons hawks and many more The village of Tortuguero from which the neighbouring Tortuguero National Park received its name is located on the southern border the refuge and contains two research stations External links editBarra del Colorado Wildlife Refuge Area de Conservacion Tortuguero Barra del Colorado Wildlife Refuge at Costa Rica National Parks nbsp This Costa Rican protected area article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Barra del Colorado Wildlife Refuge amp oldid 1216303448, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
