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Sunset over the Lempa river. Honduras shares rivers and watersheds with its neighbors and 16% of the surface water in Honduras leaves the country by river towards El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua. For Example, the Río Lempa (3.87 km 3) and the Río Goascorán (1.2 km 3) together convey 5.07 km 3 of water per year to El Salvador. No ...
A satellite image of the valley. The Valley of Sula (also, Sula Valley) is the largest alluvial valley of Honduras.It is located in the northwest of the country, and within it lie several of Honduras's most important cities, such as San Pedro Sula, El Progreso, Choloma, Puerto Cortés, Villanueva, and Tela.
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The manager of SANAA, Mr. Jorge Mendez, speaking at the U.S. Embassy on the management of water and sanitation stated that, "Honduras has moved rather poorly on the issue." Going on, Mr. Mendez asserted that Honduras is well behind in achieving the objectives set by the Millennium Development Goals (MDGS).
Among the most important rivers in Honduras is the Ulúa, [1] which flows 400 kilometres (250 mi) through the economically important Valle de Sula. Numerous other rivers drain the interior highlands and empty north into the Caribbean Sea .
1.5 Honduras. 1.6 Mexico. 1.7 Nicaragua. 1.8 Panama. 2 Caribbean rivers by country. ... The Bahamas only has one river, the Goose River, in Central Andros and many ...
The dam impounds the Comayagua River, which derives its large volume from two large tributaries, the Humuya River and the Sulaco River. El Cajón is a double arch dam , which uses parabolic geometry in horizontal and vertical axises to spread the weight of the impounded water to canyon walls which act as buttresses.
The Guayape River (Spanish: Río Guayape) is a major river that drains much of the Department of Olancho and central Honduras. The largest tributary to the Guayape is the Río Jalán, which joins it at El Plomo, not far from the town of Juticalpa. From there the river passes many small towns, including El Esquilinchuche.