Santa Cruz River (Venezuela)

	Santa Cruz River (Venezuela) Santa Cruz River or Rio Santa Cruz may refer to: Rivers * Santa Cruz River (Argentina) * Santa Cruz River (Santa Catarina), Brazil * Santa Cruz River (Philippines) * Santa Cruz River (Arizona), Mexico and United States * Santa Cruz River (New Mexico), a tributary of the Rio Grande, in the United States * Santa Cruz River (Venezuela), see Aroa mines Other uses * SS ''Rio Santa Cruz'', an Argentinian steamship See also * Santa Cruz (other) Santa Cruz (or Santacruz) is a Spanish or Portuguese term meaning "holy cross" and referring to the cross on which Jesus was crucified. Santa Cruz may also refer to: Places Africa Fort Santa Cruz, Oran, port city in Algeria Santa Cruz, Cape ... {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Santa Cruz River (Argentina) Santa Cruz River ( es, Río Santa Cruz) is a river in the Argentine province of Santa Cruz. The Santa Cruz begins at the shore of the Viedma and Argentino Lakes, of glacial origin and located in the Los Glaciares National Park, and runs eastwards before reaching the Atlantic Coast, north of the southern tip of South America, creating a delta. It is one of the last large free-flowing rivers in Patagonia. Dams The river has an important flow of on average, and is used for irrigation. Two dams are planned for the river, the Jorge Cepernic and Nestor Kirchner Dams. They will have a combined installed capacity of 1,740 MW. Contracts to construct the dams were awarded to a consortium of Chinese and domestic companies in August 2013. It is estimated that the dams will destroy over half of the Santa Cruz River ecosystem. History Santa Cruz River was discovered by Europeans during Magellan's circumnavigation of the Earth, by Juan Serrano, captain of the ''Santiago'', one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Santa Cruz River (Santa Catarina) The Santa Cruz River is a river of Santa Catarina state in southeastern Brazil. It is part of the Uruguay River basin. See also List of rivers of Santa Catarina References Mapfrom Ministry of Transport A ministry of transport or transportation is a ministry responsible for transportation within a country. It usually is administered by the ''minister for transport''. The term is also sometimes applied to the departments or other government ag ... Rivers of Santa Catarina (state) {{SantaCatarina-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Santa Cruz River (Philippines) The Santa Cruz River ( tl, Ilog ng Santa Cruz) is a river system in Santa Cruz, Laguna, on the island of Luzon, in the Philippines. It is one of 21 tributaries of Laguna de Bay, contributing about 15% of the total water in the lake. It is thus regularly monitored by the Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) through one of its 15 river monitoring stations. Conservation In the latest (December 2005 ) Water Quality Status Report listed on the Laguna Lake Development Authority's site, the Santa Cruz River was listed as Class D, with high total coliform concentration. According to the Water Usage & Classification for Fresh Water system used by the Philippines' Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Class D Quality freshwater is suitable for agriculture, irrigation, livestock watering and industrial water supply class II. It also indicated that this status had been "maintained" since the river was last monitored. Agricultural Use Its waters are a source of irriga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Santa Cruz River (Arizona) The Santa Cruz River ( es, Río Santa Cruz " Holy Cross River") is a tributary river to the Gila River in Southern Arizona and northern Sonora, Mexico. It is approximately long. Course The Santa Cruz has its headwaters in the high intermontane grasslands of the San Rafael Valley to the southeast of Patagonia, Arizona, between the Canelo Hills to the east and the Patagonia Mountains to the west, just north of the international border. It flows southward into Mexico past Santa Cruz, Sonora and turns westward around the south end of the Sierra San Antonio near Miguel Hidalgo (San Lázaro), thence north-northwest to reenter the United States just to the east of Nogales and southwest of Kino Springs. It then continues northward from the international border past the Tumacacori National Historical Park, Tubac, Green Valley, Sahuarita, San Xavier del Bac, Tucson, Marana, and Picacho Peak State Park to the Santa Cruz Flats just to the south of Casa Grande and the Gila River. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Santa Cruz River (New Mexico) The Santa Cruz River of New Mexico is a tributary of the Rio Grande at Española, New Mexico. The Santa Cruz River valley is the site of El Santuario de Chimayo El Santuario de Chimayó is a Roman Catholic church in Chimayó, New Mexico, United States. (''Santuario'' is Spanish for "sanctuary".) This shrine, a National Historic Landmark, is famous for the story of its founding and as a contemporary pil ..., a mission chapel built by early Spanish colonists of the Santa Fe area. References {{NewMexico-river-stub Rivers of New Mexico Tributaries of the Rio Grande Española, New Mexico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Santa Cruz River (Venezuela) Santa Cruz River or Rio Santa Cruz may refer to: Rivers * Santa Cruz River (Argentina) * Santa Cruz River (Santa Catarina), Brazil * Santa Cruz River (Philippines) * Santa Cruz River (Arizona), Mexico and United States * Santa Cruz River (New Mexico), a tributary of the Rio Grande, in the United States * Santa Cruz River (Venezuela), see Aroa mines Other uses * SS ''Rio Santa Cruz'', an Argentinian steamship See also * Santa Cruz (other) Santa Cruz (or Santacruz) is a Spanish or Portuguese term meaning "holy cross" and referring to the cross on which Jesus was crucified. Santa Cruz may also refer to: Places Africa Fort Santa Cruz, Oran, port city in Algeria Santa Cruz, Cape ... {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Aroa Mines The Aroa mines ( es, Minas de Aroa) were copper mines in the state of Yaracuy, Venezuela. Mining started in 1632, and at the Captaincy General of Venezuela, end of the colonial period the mines were owned by the Bolívar family. Simón Bolívar leased the mines to an English company, and after his death his sisters sold the mines. They continued to be operated by English companies, using Cornish people, Cornish and local miners, until 1936. Today the mines are closed and partially flooded. Their remains are preserved by the Parque Bolivariano Minas de Aroa and may be visited by the public. Location The Aroa copper deposits are located in the Bolivar Iron Quadrilateral mining district. They are east of the village of Aroa, Venezuela, Aroa in the state of Yaracuy, about west of Caracas and from San Felipe, Yaracuy. The mines are in rugged country about above sea level on the northern side of the Andes, which run from east to west. The climate is warm and humid, and the area is c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	SS Rio Santa Cruz ''Anselm'' was a cargo and passenger steamship built by Workman, Clark and Company in Belfast for the Booth Line service between Liverpool and the Amazon ports in Brazil. It was the second of four Booth Line ships to be named after Saint Anselm. In 1922 an Argentinian shipping company bought ''Anselm'' and renamed it ''Comodoro Rivadavia''. In 1942 the Argentinian government bought it and renamed it ''Rio Santa Cruz''. It suffered a boiler explosion in 1952 and was scrapped in 1959. Building ''Anselm'' was designed as a larger version of Booth's 1903-built . She had a length overall of , a beam of , and a depth of . Her tonnages were initially and . The ship had one propeller powered by a vertical triple-expansion steam engine made by the shipbuilders, rated at 819 nhp or and supplied by four coal-fired cylindrical boilers, giving her a service speed of . ''Ambrose'' had berths for 149 passengers in first class and 200 in steerage as originally built. Workman, Cla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]