Guarapiche River

Guarapiche River is a river of north-eastern Venezuela. It flows into the San Juan River.[1]

Guarapiche River
Location
CountryVenezuela
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationPuertas de Miraflores, Turimiquire Range
Mouth 
 • location
Caño Francés

Course

Its origin is in canyon named Puertas de Miraflores in the Turimiquire Range.[2] Together with it flows into a short body named Caño Francés whose mouth is in the San Juan River shortly before its mouth in the Gulf of Paria. In February 2012 there was an oil spill in the mangrove area at the mouth of the river.[3]

See also

References
  1. Rio Guarapiche- Hidrologia
  2. Cuando el río llora, petróleo trae
  3. El petróleo contaminó los manglares
  • Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.


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