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 and it is long, covering ten percent of the country. It is a tributary from the confluence of the Río General and Río Coto Brus.Río Grande de Térraba Guías Costa Rica. Retrieved: 2012-11-04. Pineapple plantations occupy in the basin, amounting to 21 percent of national production.Caracterización Socioeconómica de la Cuenca del Río Grande de Térraba Escuela de Relaciones Internacionales, Universidad Nacional Heredia, 2010. 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.The Fisheries for Mangrove Cockles Marine Fisheries Review, 2001.
The Interamerican Highway partially follows the river course and crosses it with a bridge. Along the river lie the villages of Palmar Norte, Palmar Sur and Ciudad Cortés. The Térraba empties in the Pacific Ocean with six mouths: Mala, Brava, Chica, Zacate, Guarumal and Sierpe. A nationally protected wetland, Humedal Nacional Térraba-Sierpe (Térraba-Sierpe National Wetlands) is situated here in the mangroves along the coast.
A proposed project to provide renewable energy to the region, El Diquís Hydroelectric Project, was cancelled. It would have covered and required the relocation of 1,500 people.Project Website. Proyecto Hidroelctrico El Diquís
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External links Case area in Costa Rica: The Terraba River basin Terraba Basin, Puntarenas, Costa Rica