Chone River

The Chone River is a river of Ecuador situated in the Manabí Province.[1] The river is sourced from the mountains and flows into the Bahía de Caráquez (Bay of Caráquez) in the Pacific Ocean, near the town of Bahía de Caráquez.

Chone River
Río de Chone
Mouth of the Chone River looking east from the city of Bahía de Caráquez
Native nameChuni mayu
Location
CountryEcuador
ProvinceManabí
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationEcuador
  coordinates00°32′S 79°58′W
  elevation400 m (1,300 ft)
MouthBahía de Caráquez
  location
Pacific Ocean, Ecuador
  coordinates
0°35′14″S 080°25′07″W
  elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Basin size2,384 km2 (920 sq mi)
Discharge 
  locationmouth
  average53 m3/s (1,900 cu ft/s)

Dams

The large Esperanza Dam (Represa de Esperanza) was completed on the Chone in 1985. It does not have any hydroelectric power component, but was constructed solely for irrigation and flood control.[2]

See also

Notes

  1. Chone, Río de (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  2. Buckalew, James O.; James, Maurice; Scott, Lisa; Reed, Paul (1998), Water Resources Assessment of Ecuador (PDF), Mobile District and Topographic Engineering Center, United States Army Corps of Engineers, p. 1, archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2011

References


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