The Chone River is a river of
Ecuador
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situated in the
Manabí Province
Manabí () is a province in the Republic of Ecuador. Its capital is Portoviejo. The province is named after the Manabí people.
Demographics
Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010:
* Mestizo 69.7%
* Montubio 19.2%
* Afro-Ecuad ...
.
[, GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency] The river is sourced from the mountains and flows into the
Bahía de Caráquez (Bay of Caráquez) in the
Pacific Ocean
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, near the town of
Bahía de Caráquez.
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.
See also
*
Isla Corazón
*
List of rivers of Ecuador
The rivers of Ecuador are an important part of the nation's geography and economy. Most of the over 2,000 rivers and streamsTerry have headwaters in the Andes mountain range, flowing therefrom either westward toward the Pacific Ocean or eastward to ...
Notes
References
www.codeso.com / Map of Manabí Province* Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
Rivers of Ecuador
Geography of Manabí Province
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