The Cordillera de Talamanca is a mountain range that lies in the southeast half of Costa Rica and the far west of Panama.

This range in the south of Costa Rica stretches from southwest of San José to beyond the border with Panama and contains the highest peaks of both Costa Rica and Panama, among them Cerro Chirripó at 3,820 metres (12,530 ft),[1] and the more accessible high peak of Cerro de la Muerte.

The region has been extensively studied by paleolimnologists to reconstruct the changes in climate, vegetation and fire frequencies (see also Sally P Horn).

The Cordillera de Talamanca and La Amistad national parks have been designated by UNESCO a World Heritage Site It is also the first binational biosphere reserve.

The two parks comprise 2,400 square kilometres (930 sq mi) of land and protect important ecosystems like paramo, and wetlands.

[3] Peat bogs are wetlands located in topographic depressions, on poorly drained land and are periodically flooded.