The Telire River is a river in Costa Rica located in the province of Limón, in the eastern part of the country.[1] The confluence of Telire with the Yorkin River creates the Sixaola, which is part of the border between Costa Rica and Panama.

Telire River
Telire River is located in Costa Rica
Telire River
Location
CountryCosta Rica
ProvinceLimón
Physical characteristics
Mouth 
 • location
Sixaola River
 • coordinates
9°33′34″N 82°53′09″W / 9.55944°N 82.88583°W / 9.55944; -82.88583
Basin features
River systemSixaola

A rainforest climate prevails in the area.[2] The average annual temperature is 22 °C. The warmest month is October, when the average temperature is 22 °C, and the coldest is January, at 19 °C.[3] The average annual average is 2 550 millimeters. The rainiest month is July, with an average of 434 mm of precipitation, and the driest is February, with 75 mm of rain.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Instituto Costarricense de Turismo map Archived 2009-01-26 at the Wayback Machine, 2007. (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (11 October 2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification". Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 11 (5): 1633–1644. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007.
  3. ^ "NASA Earth Observations (NEO)". NASA Earth Observations (NEO). 2019-08-02. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
  4. ^ "Rainfall (1 month - TRMM, 1998-2016) | NASA". Rainfall (1 month - TRMM, 1998-2016) | NASA. 2019-08-02. Retrieved 2019-08-02.