Guacimal River

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Guacimal River
Rio Guacimal
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Location of mouth
Location
Country Costa Rica
Region Puntarenas
Physical characteristics
Mouth  
  coordinates
10°01′32″N84°53′57″W / 10.025659°N 84.899071°W / 10.025659; -84.899071 Coordinates: 10°01′32″N84°53′57″W / 10.025659°N 84.899071°W / 10.025659; -84.899071
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Guacimal River (Spanish: Rio Guacimal) is a river of Costa Rica. [1] [2]

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References

  1. Instituto Costarricense de Turismo map Archived 2009-01-26 at the Wayback Machine , 2007. (in Spanish)
  2. "Rio Guacimal". GeoNames. Retrieved July 24, 2021.