The Aguán River (); also commonly known by its Spanish name, Rio Aguán) is a
river
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in
Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...
. It rises in the Yoro region to the west of
San Lorenzo
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Places Argentina
* San Lorenzo, Santa Fe
* San Lorenzo Department, Chaco
* Monte San Lorenzo, a mountain on t ...
and briefly runs south before turning east-northeast, passing San Lorenzo,
Olanchito
Olanchito is a municipality in the department of Yoro, Honduras, and a town with a population of 45,270 as of 2020. The municipality was founded in 1530 and comprises 70 villages, approximately 300 hamlets, and approximately 100,000 inhabitants. ...
and
Tocoa before entering the
Caribbean Sea
The Caribbean Sea ( es, Mar Caribe; french: Mer des Caraïbes; ht, Lanmè Karayib; jam, Kiaribiyan Sii; nl, Caraïbische Zee; pap, Laman Karibe) is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico ...
east of
Puerto Castilla.
The river is long. In 1998
Hurricane Mitch
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caused to the river to burst its banks at several points along its length. The maximal discharge at Sabá was estimated at almost . The village of
Santa Rosa de Aguán
Santa Rosa de Aguán () is a municipality in the Honduran department of Colón.
It was affected by Hurricane Mitch
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was washed away by the river, causing dozens of deaths.
The Aguán River's watershed is one of seven watersheds in Honduras, and covers over , of which around 200,000 are in the Aguán River Valley.
[Jeffrey R. Jones]
Colonization and Environment: Land Settlement Projects in Central America
The United Nations University Press, 1990 The Aguán River Valley includes the major agricultural area of
Bajo Aguán Bajo Aguán (''Lower Aguán'') refers to the lower part of Honduras' Aguán River Valley, in the north-eastern Colón Department and Yoro Department; the entire valley covers 200,000 hectares.Jeffrey R. JonesColonization and Environment: Land Set ...
.
See also
*
List of rivers of Honduras
Rivers in Honduras is a list of the rivers in Honduras, including those it shares with neighbours. Among the most important river in Honduras is the Ulúa, which flows through the economically important Valle de Sula. Numerous other rivers drain ...
References
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Rivers of Honduras