. A year of Costa Rican natural history. < < ? P^/-g V ^^^-^ \ -^ca:» rf. r <^ ^ ^T j^ o / Li. o <CJ f - - ^ 2 1- n?U. : f] < a: Ld 1 X -IV z i Ll- - . CD o JoU To face p. 8. w p^ To face p. q TOPOGRAPHY AND RAILROADS 9 their contours from most points of view, like those of theCordillera Central with the exception of Turrialba, risegradually and gently to their summits. The Cordillera de Talamanca is more continuous than thenorthern Cordillera and is much less known. It beginswith the Cerros of Candelaria, or Escazii (7956 feet, 2425meters) to the south and southwest of San Jose

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. A year of Costa Rican natural history. < < ? P^/-g V ^^^-^ \ -^ca:» rf. r <^ ^ ^T j^ o / Li. o <CJ f - - ^ 2 1- n?U. : f] < a: Ld 1 X -IV z i Ll- - . CD o JoU To face p. 8. w p^ To face p. q TOPOGRAPHY AND RAILROADS 9 their contours from most points of view, like those of theCordillera Central with the exception of Turrialba, risegradually and gently to their summits. The Cordillera de Talamanca is more continuous than thenorthern Cordillera and is much less known. It beginswith the Cerros of Candelaria, or Escazii (7956 feet, 2425meters) to the south and southwest of San Jose, and withCarpintera (5705 feet, 1739 meters) to the east. The latterconnects with Irazu and forms the watershed between theRio Reventazon and the Rio Grande de Tarcoles. Com-ponent parts of the Cordillera de Talamanca, proceedingsouthward, are the Cerro de las Vueltas (10,127 ^^^t, 3087meters), Buena Vista (11,614 feet, 3540 meters), ChirripoGrande (12,467 feet, 3800 meters), the highest point in CostaRica, Cruz del Obispo (9100 feet, 2775 meters), Kamuk orPico Blanco (11,794 ^^^t, 3595 meters) and Cerro Pando,beyond which, in the Republic of Panama, is the Volcano ofChiriqui. The

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