The Hagåtña River is a

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in the

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territory of

Guam Guam (; ch, Guåhan ) is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean. It is the westernmost point and territory of the United States (reckoned from the geographic cent ...

. Hagåtña, the capital of Guam, is located at the mouth of the river and associated wetlands form the eastern boundary of the city. The river mouth is depicted on both the

Seal of Guam The Seal of Guam appears in the middle of the Flag of the United States territory of Guam. It depicts Agaña Bay near Hagåtña, a local proa and a palm tree. Charles Alan Pownall approved the seal in 1946. It depicts a coconut palm on the sh ...

and

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. The river used to substantially parallel the shoreline, with the river emptying into the sea west of the current

Paseo de Susana Paseo de Susana is a small peninsula that forms part of the city of Hagåtña, Guam. It was built in the 1940s from rubble and debris left behind after World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or ...

and marina. However, following the devastation of the U.S. bombardment during the 1944 battle, U.S. Navy

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s rerouted the river to its current, more direct course to the sea. This resulted in landmarks such as the Agana Spanish Bridge no longer having water flow beneath it. The most common fish found in the river is the

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. Other nearby bodies of water include, the hagatna boat channel, hagatna Bay, agana swamp and

asan bay Asan Bay is a South Korean bay in the Yellow Sea. Named after the city of Asan immediately to its south, it lies at the mouth of several rivers and separates the provinces of Gyeonggi-do and Chungcheongnam-do South Chungcheong Province ( ko, ...

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