Baluarte River
The Baluarte River, (Rio del Baluarte) is a river of Mexico in the states of Durango and Sinaloa, traversing 142 km, part of which forms the border between these two states.
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The river drains to the Pacific Ocean with a basin of 5,101.67 square kilometres (1,969.77 sq mi).[1]
The portion of the river, near Concordia in Sinaloa, is spanned by the Durango–Mazatlán highway via the Baluarte Bridge - the highest cable-stayed bridge in the world.
See also
References
- Atlas of Mexico, 1975 (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/atlas_mexico/river_basins.jpg).%5B%5D
- The Prentice Hall American World Atlas, 1984.
- Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
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