The Chone River is a river of Ecuador situated in the Manabí Province.[1] 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.
| Chone River Río de Chone | |
|---|---|
 Mouth of the Chone River looking east from the city of Bahía de Caráquez | |
  Location of mouth | |
| Native name | Chuni mayu |
| Location | |
| Country | Ecuador |
| Province | Manabí |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Ecuador |
| • coordinates | 00°32′S 79°58′W / 0.533°S 79.967°W |
| • elevation | 400 m (1,300 ft) |
| Mouth | Bahía de Caráquez |
• location | Pacific Ocean, Ecuador |
• coordinates | 0°35′14″S 080°25′07″W / 0.58722°S 80.41861°W |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Basin size | 2,384 km2 (920 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | mouth |
| • average | 53 m3/s (1,900 cu ft/s) |
Dams
editThe 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.[2]
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Chone, Río de (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ^ Buckalew, James O.; James, Maurice; Scott, Lisa; Reed, Paul (1998), Water Resources Assessment of Ecuador (PDF), Mobile District and Topographic Engineering Center, United States Army Corps of Engineers, p. 1, archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2011
References
edit- www.codeso.com / Map of Manabí Province
- Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.