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Nature Reserve Tepesomoto-Pataste

San José de Cusmapa, Nicaragua · built 1992

Tepesomoto–Pataste Nature Reserve (Reserva Natural Tepesomoto Pataste) is a nature reserve in Nicaragua. It is one of the 78 reserves that are under official protection in the country. The reserve is ten miles from Somoto in northern Nicaragua. It was created in 1991. The reserve covers the mountain ridge running from Tepesomoto Volcano overlooking Somoto in the north, to the summit of Pataste near Las Sabanas in the south, that forms a natural barrier between the departments of Madriz and Estelí. It reaches heights of around 1700 metres at the two peaks of Tepesomoto and Pataste.

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Other nature-reserves in Nicaragua