Aguacapa River
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The Aguacapa River is a river in Guatemala
. Its sources are located in the hills south-east of Guatemala City
, at an altitude of 1850 m. From there it flows in a southerly direction through the department Guatemala and Santo Rosa and joins the Maria Linda River
at 14.2797°N 90.5266°W, which flows into the Pacific Ocean
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The river was dammed in 1981 in order to power the turbines of the Aguacapa Hidroelectric power plant
.
Guatemala
Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...
. Its sources are located in the hills south-east of Guatemala City
Guatemala City
Guatemala City , is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Guatemala and Central America...
, at an altitude of 1850 m. From there it flows in a southerly direction through the department Guatemala and Santo Rosa and joins the Maria Linda River
María Linda River
The Río María Linda is a river in southwest Guatemala. Its sources are located south of Lake Amatitlán in the department of Guatemala. It flows southwards through the coastal lowlands of Escuintla and Santa Rosa to the Pacific Ocean....
at 14.2797°N 90.5266°W, which flows into the Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
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The river was dammed in 1981 in order to power the turbines of the Aguacapa Hidroelectric power plant
Aguacapa Hydroelectric Dam
The Aguacapa Hydroelectric Dam is a reinforced concrete gravity dam and power plant spanning the Aguacapa River in Escuintla, Guatemala....
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