Yaque del Sur River

Yaque del Sur River

      river in southwestern Dominican Republic, one of the nation's three most important river systems. Its headstreams arise on the southern slopes of the Cordillera Central, uniting near Duarte Peak. The river is 80 miles (130 km) long and descends into the eastern San Juan valley, crosses into the Neiba valley, and then turns abruptly eastward to empty into Neiba Bay, off the Caribbean Sea, just north of Barahona. Although the river is not navigable except by small craft, it is economically important because its waters are used extensively for irrigating rice, plantain, sugarcane, beans, bananas, and peanuts (groundnuts).

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Yaque del Sur River — The Yaque del Sur River is a river in the southwestern Dominican Republic. It is approximately 130 km (80 mi) in length …   Wikipedia

  • Yuna River — ▪ river, Dominican Republic Spanish  Río Yuna        river in central and northeastern Dominican Republic. It is one of the country s three most important river systems, the others being the Yaque del Norte and Yaque del Sur rivers.       The… …   Universalium

  • Dominican Republic — a republic in the West Indies, occupying the E part of the island of Hispaniola. 8,228,151; 19,129 sq. mi. (49,545 sq. km). Cap.: Santo Domingo. Formerly, Santo Domingo, San Domingo. * * * Dominican Republic Introduction Dominican Republic… …   Universalium

  • Geography of the Dominican Republic — Geography of Dominican Republic Continent Americas Region Caribbean Greater Antilles Coordinates 19°00 N 70°40 W …   Wikipedia

  • Manejo de recursos hídricos en la República Dominicana — República Dominicana: Manejo de Recursos hídricos {{{caption}}} Extracción por sector 2000/2001 Doméstico 11% Agricultura 89% Industria 0% Total de recursos hídricos renovables (1977 2001) …   Wikipedia Español

  • Rafael Trujillo — This article is about the former ruler of the Dominican Republic. For the Spanish sailor, see Rafael Trujillo (sailor). Generalissimo Rafael Trujillo President of the Dominican Republic …   Wikipedia

  • San Juan — /san wahn , hwahn /; Sp. /sahn hwahn / 1. a seaport in and the capital of Puerto Rico, in the N part. 424,600. 2. a city in W Argentina. 290,479. 3. a river in S Nicaragua, flowing E from Lake Nicaragua along the Nicaragua Costa Rica border to… …   Universalium

  • Lake Enriquillo — Infobox lake lake name = Lake Enriquillo image lake = lake enriquillo.jpg caption lake = from space, Northeast to Southwest, September 1993 image bathymetry = caption bathymetry = location = coords = coord|18|30|N|71|35|W|type:waterbody… …   Wikipedia

  • Vicente Noble — is a municipality in the Dominican Republic.It is bordered on the north by the Padre Las Casas Municipality, the Azua de Compostela province and Vallejuelo, in the San Juan de la Maguana province; to the east by the Azua de Compostela… …   Wikipedia

  • Neiba — ▪ Dominican Republic       city, southwestern Dominican Republic, in the lowlands between the eastern shore of Lake Enriquillo and the Yaque del Sur River. It was founded about the beginning of the 18th century. Sugarcane and fine timber are the… …   Universalium

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”