The Changuinola River is a river of

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. The polygamous Guaymí have lived on the Teraria or Tilorio which is the main branch of the Changuinola River inside Panama and on the headwaters of the

Térraba River Térraba River (Spanish: ''Río Grande de Térraba''), in the southern Brunca region of Costa Rica, is the largest river in that country. The indigenous Boruca language name is ''Diquís'' which means "great river". Its basin is and it is lon ...

across the border in Costa Rica. The Changuinola River was impounded by

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for a hydroelectric project in the

Bocas del Toro Province Bocas del Toro (; meaning "Mouths of the Bull") is a Provinces of Panama, province of Panama. Its area is 4,643.9 square kilometers, comprising the mainland and nine main islands. The province consists of the Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Bahía Al ...

. The riparian land near the mouth of the river hosts extensive banana agriculture.Flowers, R. Wills. “Diversity of Stream-Living Insects in Northwestern Panamá.” ''Journal of the North American Benthological Society'', vol. 10, no. 3, 1991, pp. 322–34. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/1467605. Retrieved 18 Jan. 2024.

References

* Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993. * CIA map, 1995. Rivers of Panama {{Panama-river-stub

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