Arenal towers above forests along the Río Agua Caliente on the WSW flank. The Volcán Arenal National Park lies within the Arenal Conservation Area, which combines to protect eight of Costa Rica's 12 biological life zones and includes 16 protected reserves.

Photo by William Melson, 1990 (Smithsonian Institution).

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Keywords: stratovolcano

Arenal