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The Motagua River (Spanish pronunciation:) is a 486-kilometre-long (302 mi) river in Guatemala.It rises in the Western Highlands of Guatemala and runs in an easterly direction to the Gulf of Honduras.
A nostalgic 1985 sketch of hydrographic surveying in Alaska. A ship for updating nautical charts. Neptune, a privately owned survey ship based in Chicago, Illinois. Clintons Northern Storm in the harbour of Ystad 7 July 2021.
Angola – Instituto Hidrografico e de Signalização Maritíma de Angola (IHSMA) Argentina – Argentine Naval Hydrographic Service Australia – Australian Hydrographic Service Bahrain – Bahraini Hydrographic Survey Directorate Bangladesh – Bangladeshi Directorate of Hydrography Belgium – Flemish Hydrography
Yaque or Yaqui was a Taíno word given to two rivers in the Dominican Republic. One is called the Yaque del Norte ("Northern Yaque"), and goes to the north of Hispaniola, emptying in the Atlantic Ocean; and the second, the Yaque del Sur ("Southern Yaque") goes to the south, emptying in the Caribbean Sea.
In the development of hydrographic services, shipping organizations played a part, but the major players were the naval powers. Recognizing hydrographic information was a military advantage these naval organizations, usually under the direction of a "Hydrographer," utilized the expertise of naval officers in collecting hydrographic data that was incorporated into the navy's collection.
The Rio Grande de Loíza basin is the largest in Puerto Rico with an area of 751 square kilometres (289.9 sq mi). [2] The source of the river is located in the Espino barrio of San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico on the eastern slopes of the Sierra de Cayey mountain range, close to Carite State Forest.
Mapa en Relieve de Guatemala. The Relief map of Guatemala was made by Francisco Vela in 1905 and still exists. This map (horizontal scale 1:10,000; vertical scale 1:2,000) measures 1,800 m 2, and was created to educate children in the scape of their country. [12]
Created on January 1, 1879, as Oficina Central de Hidrografía (English: Hydrographic Central Office) by decree 11.289 of President Nicolás Avellaneda.It became the current SHN on 1972 by National Law 19.922.