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Monteverde [1] is the twelfth canton of the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica, [2] located in the Cordillera de Tilarán (Tilarán range). Roughly a four-hour drive from the Central Valley, Monteverde is one of the country's major ecotourism destinations, with the Reserva Biológica Bosque Nuboso Monteverde (Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve) being the largest, in addition to several other ...
Monte Verde (Portuguese meaning "green mountain") is a mountain in the eastern part of the island of São Vicente, Cape Verde. At 744 m elevation, it is the island's highest point. [ 1 ] The mountain is located 6 km (4 mi) east of the city centre of Mindelo .
Monte Verde is a Paleolithic archaeological site in the Llanquihue Province [1] in southern Chile, located near Puerto Montt, Los Lagos Region.The site is primarily known for Monte Verde II, dating to approximately 14,550–14,500 calibrated years Before Present (BP). [2]
Monteverde, an island in the 2020 film, Dolittle; People. Juan Domingo de Monteverde (1773-1832), Capitan General of Venezuela from 1812 to 1813;
The capital is Puntarenas.The province covers an area of 11,266 square kilometres (4,350 sq mi), and has a population of 410,929. [2] It is subdivided into 11 cantons.For administrative purposes, the island Isla del Coco, 500 kilometres (310 mi) offshore in the Pacific Ocean, is considered a part of this province.
The Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (Spanish: Reserva Biológica Bosque Nuboso Monteverde) is a Costa Rican reserve located along the Cordillera de Tilarán within the Puntarenas and Alajuela provinces. Named after the nearby town of Monteverde and founded in 1972, [1] the Reserve consists of over 10,500 hectares (26,000 acres) of cloud forest ...
The Selvatura Adventure Park, or Monteverde Nature Center, Sloth habitat and Butterfly Gardens is a nature center in Monteverde, northwestern Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica. It is located in the Cordillera de Tilarán mountain range, close to the village of Santa Elena .
The golden toad inhabited northern Costa Rica's Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, in a cloud forest area north of the city of Monteverde. [10] It was distributed over an area no more than 8 km 2 and possibly as little as 0.5 km 2 in extent, at an average elevation of 1,500 to 1,620 m. [11] The species seemed to prefer the lower elevations. [8]