The Chone River is a river of
Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ' ...
situated in the
Manabí Province.
[, GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency] The river is sourced from the mountains and flows into the
Bahía de Caráquez
Bahía de Caráquez, officially known as San Antonio de Caraquez and founded under the name of Villa de San Antonio de la Bahía de Caráquez or simply known today as Bahía, formerly called Bahía de los Caras during the period of the Spanish co ...
(Bay of Caráquez) in the
Pacific Ocean
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, near the town of
Bahía de Caráquez
Bahía de Caráquez, officially known as San Antonio de Caraquez and founded under the name of Villa de San Antonio de la Bahía de Caráquez or simply known today as Bahía, formerly called Bahía de los Caras during the period of the Spanish co ...
.
Dams
The 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.
See also
*
Isla Corazón
*
List of rivers of Ecuador
The rivers of Ecuador are an important part of the nation's geography and economy. Most of the over 2,000 rivers and streamsTerry have headwaters in the Andes mountain range, flowing therefrom either westward toward the Pacific Ocean or eastward to ...
Notes
References
www.codeso.com / Map of Manabí Province* Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
Rivers of Ecuador
Geography of Manabí Province
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