Lake Lancaster Abajo

Lake Lancaster Abajo
Lake Lancaster Abajo is located in Costa Rica
Lake Lancaster Abajo
Lake Lancaster Abajo
Location in Costa Rica
Coordinates10°00′46″N 83°35′47″W / 10.012714°N 83.596446°W / 10.012714; -83.596446
Typelake
Surface area0.05 square kilometres (12 acres)
Max. depth16.9 metres (55 ft)
Surface elevation330 metres (1,080 ft)

Lake Lancaster Abajo (Spanish: Laguna Lancaster Abajo), together with Lake Lancaster Arriba are part of two lakes in the Limón province of Costa Rica, collectively referred as the Lancaster Lakes.[1]

Location

The Lancaster lakes are located in a private property next to Reventazón River, and 7.35 kilometers SW of the Reventazón Dam. Lancaster Abajo is located at 100 m lower elevation and to the south of Lancaster Arriba.[2]

Physical aspects

Lake Lancaster Abajo is of landslide origin, it possesses cool stream water inputs and is probably stratified through the year due to its relative depth.[1]

Conservation area

The Bonilla-Bonillita Lacustrine Wetland created in 1994 is composed by this lake and Lake Lancaster Arriba, Lake Bonilla and Lake Bonillita and their surrounding areas.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Haberyan, Kurt A.; Horn, Sally P.; Umaña V., Gerardo (March 2003). "Basic limnology of fifty-one lakes in Costa Rica". Revista de Biología Tropical. 51 (1): 107–122. PMID 15162686.
  2. ^ "Lagunas Lancaster (Sin nombre oficial)". Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Decreto Ejecutivo: 23004 - Declara Humedal Lacustrino Bonilla Bonillita y Lancaster de Turrialba Cartago".