Manzanares River (South America)
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View of the Manzanares River
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| Origin | Turimiquire Range |
| Mouth | Cariaco Gulf, Caribbean |
| Basin countries | Venezuela |
| Length | 80 km |
| Source elevation | ca 2,000 m |
| Mouth elevation | 0 m |
| Avg. discharge | 17.48 m3/s |
| Basin area | 1,066 km2 |
The Manzanares is an 80 km long river in Venezuela. It flows into the Caribbean Sea.
Course
The source of the Manzanares is at the 2,200 m high Turimiquire Range in Sucre State. The river flows roughly northwards for about 80 km by the city of Cumanacoa. Finally it flows by Cumaná into the Cariaco Gulf of the Caribbean.[1]
History
Historically this river had also been known as the 'Cumaná River', for it has an iconic value in the city of Cumaná.[2]
Alexander von Humboldt praised the pleasant atmosphere of the river banks in his travelogue Personal Narrative of a Journey to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent (1814–29)[3]
In 2012 Hurricane Isaac caused heavy rain in the area and the Manzanares overflowed its banks in the town of Cumanacoa inundating approximately 1,200 homes many of which were damaged and a few destroyed.[4] Some residents had to be airlifted to safety. Similar flooding occurred elsewhere in the country, such as in Caracas where 40 families had to be evacuated.[5]
This river is the subject of Rio Manzanares, a famous Parang song composed by José Antonio López in Cumaná in 1958.[6]
See also
References
- ↑ El Gran Turimiquire: Trono de los Dioses y manantial del Oriente venezolano
- ↑ Memoria Fotográfica de la Ciudad de Cumaná / El Río Manzanares
- ↑ Alexander von Humboldt, Personal Narrative of a Journey to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent, Chapter 4 "First stay in Cumaná; the Manzanares River banks"
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- ↑ Rio Manzanares - Parang
External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons- Environmental conditions of the waters of the Manzanares River, Cumaná-Sucre, Venezuela
- Manzanares, la vuelta al Parque Ayacucho
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