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Lake Arenal is artificial lake in Costa Rica, and is the largest lake in the country, located near the Arenal Volcano and also the Monteverde cloud forest. Lake Arenal is the key driver in a nationwide hydroelectric project that currently produces the majority of electricity for the entire country. Water depth generally varies between 100 and 200 feet.
Wildlife
There are primarily only two kinds of fish in Lake Arenal: the Machaca and Bass. Birds found in the area include: hummingbird and woodpeckers.
External links
- Lake Arenal information on arenal.net
- Guide and photos of the Northwest area of Lake Arenal
- Pictures of Arenal Lake
Americas - International Herald Tribune
McCain vows to end 'partisan rancor'
By ADAM NAGOURNEY AND MICHAEL COOPER Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:25:25 -0000
John McCain sought to move from a convention marked by an effort to reassure the party base to an appeal to a broader electorate.
At McCain's convention, big money still talks
By Michael Luo Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:29:59 -0000
For all of John McCain's efforts to purge big money from politics, large donors still wielded sizable influence over the RNC.
McCain's challenge: To cast Republican ticket as anti-establishment
By PETER BAKER Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:25:25 -0000
As John McCain accepted the Republican Party's nomination, he sounded a rousing insurgent's call to topple the establishment - except that he and his party head the establishment.
Foreign policy factions vie for McCain's heart
By David E. Sanger Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:31:37 -0000
Hidden from view during much of the Republican convention here, a fierce struggle has been under way to mold the foreign-policy approach of John McCain.
To counter Palin, Obama to dispatch female surrogates
By PATRICK HEALY AND JEFF ZELENY Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:25:25 -0000
With the McCain-Palin team courting female voters, the Obama camp plans to deploy prominent Democratic women.
Canada to hold early elections
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:25:25 -0000
Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada plans to dissolve Parliament on Sunday and call early elections in hopes of strengthening his minority government's hold on power.
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McCain vows to end 'partisan rancor'
By ADAM NAGOURNEY AND MICHAEL COOPER Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:25:25 -0000
John McCain sought to move from a convention marked by an effort to reassure the party base to an appeal to a broader electorate.
At McCain's convention, big money still talks
By Michael Luo Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:29:59 -0000
For all of John McCain's efforts to purge big money from politics, large donors still wielded sizable influence over the RNC.
McCain's challenge: To cast Republican ticket as anti-establishment
By PETER BAKER Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:25:25 -0000
As John McCain accepted the Republican Party's nomination, he sounded a rousing insurgent's call to topple the establishment - except that he and his party head the establishment.
Foreign policy factions vie for McCain's heart
By David E. Sanger Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:31:37 -0000
Hidden from view during much of the Republican convention here, a fierce struggle has been under way to mold the foreign-policy approach of John McCain.
To counter Palin, Obama to dispatch female surrogates
By PATRICK HEALY AND JEFF ZELENY Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:25:25 -0000
With the McCain-Palin team courting female voters, the Obama camp plans to deploy prominent Democratic women.
Canada to hold early elections
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:25:25 -0000
Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada plans to dissolve Parliament on Sunday and call early elections in hopes of strengthening his minority government's hold on power.
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