Coco River
| Coco River Río Segovia, Cape River, Yara River | |
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| Location | |
| Countries | Nicaragua and Honduras |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Somoto Canyon, Madriz Department, Nicaragua |
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| • elevation | 2,219 ft (676 m) |
| Mouth | Caribbean Sea |
• location | Nicaragua |
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| Length | 841 km (523 mi) |
| Basin size | 27,000 km2 (10,000 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 600 m3/s (21,000 cu ft/s) |
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The Coco river (Spanish: Río Coco, Miskito: Wangki, formerly known as the Río Segovia, Cape River,[1] or Yara River[2]) is a river located on the border of northern Nicaragua and southern Honduras. It is the longest river that runs entirely within the Central American Isthmus with a total length of 841 km (523 mi).[3]
The river originates in the Somoto Canyon National Monument, near where the Pan American Highway crosses into Nicaragua, and flows through low mountainous terrain 841 kilometres (523 mi) into the Caribbean Sea at Cabo Gracias a Dios; the middle and lower reaches form the Honduras-Nicaragua border.
On September 7, 2007, major international news wires reported that the Río Coco was over 11 metres (36 ft) above normal stage, two days after Category 5 Hurricane Felix made landfall.
Location
[edit | edit source]| Point | Coordinates (links to map & photo sources) |
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| Somoto Canyon - source | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Elevation: 2219 ft |
| El Ocotal | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Elevation: 1776 ft |
| Los Encuentros | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Elevation: 1509 ft |
| Jicaro River confluence | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Elev: 1150 ft |
| Joins Nicaraguan-Honduran border | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Elev: 856 ft |
| Waspam | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Elev: 83 ft |
| Cabo Gracias a Dios - mouth | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Elev: 0 ft |
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Cape River-Capua, Chest of Books website, accessed 8 March 2010.
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