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Térraba River
Térraba River (Spanish: ''Río Grande de Térraba''), in the southern Brunca region of Costa Rica, is the largest river in that country.〔(Instituto Costarricense de Turismo map ), 2007. 〕
The indigenous Boruca language name is ''Diquís'' which means "great river".〔(American Cultures > Pre-Columbian Cultures > Intermediate > Diquís > Environment and Geography ) Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino. Retrieved: 2012-11-05.〕 Its basin is 5,085 square kilometres and it is 160 kilometres long, covering ten percent of the country. It is a tributary from the confluence of the Río General and Río Coto Brus. Pineapple plantations occupy 10,815 hectares in the basin, amounting to 21 percent of national production. Mangrove cockles (''Anadara tuberculosa'' and ''Anadara similis'') known locally as ''piangua'' are collected in the mangrove swamps and mud at the mouth of the Río Grande de Térraba.〔(Caracterización Socioeconómica de la Cuenca del Río Grande de Térraba ) Escuela de Relaciones Internacionales, Universidad Nacional Heredia, 2010. 〕〔(The Fisheries for Mangrove Cockles ) Marine Fisheries Review, 2001.〕 It is anticipated that the proposed Diquís Hydroelectric Project will cover 6,000 hectares and will require the relocation of 1,100 people.〔(Río Grande de Térraba ) Guías Costa Rica. Retrieved: 2012-11-04. 〕
== References ==
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