The Chone River is a river of
Ecuador situated in the
Manabí Province
Manabí () is a province in Ecuador. Its capital is Portoviejo. The province is named after the Manabí people.
Demographics
Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010:
*Mestizo 66.7%
* Montubio 19.2%
* Afro-Ecuadorian 6.0%
*White 7 ...
.
[, 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, 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
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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