The Rivière de Grand Goâve is a river of
Haiti
Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...
.
The
12 January 2010 7.0 tremor created a landslide which formed a
landslide dam blocking the river, that can potentially contain a large basin of water. Though it is now dry, the wet season is approaching, and a dam collapse would directly outflow the contents through the city of
Grand-Goâve. The dam is located a dozen kilometres from the city of Grand-Goâve.
[ La Presse]
"Un barrage menace de céder à Grand-Goâve"
Philippe Mercure, ''15 February 2010'' (accessed 16 February 2010)
See also
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List of rivers of Haiti
References
GEOnet Names Server
Rivers of Haiti
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