The Chixoy River or Río Chixoy is a river in Guatemala. The river is called Río Negro from its sources in the highlands of Huehuetenango and El Quiché...
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The Chixoy Dam (Spanish: Planta Hidroeléctrica Chixoy) is a reinforced concrete dam and power plant spanning the Chixoy River between the Departments...
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construction of the Chixoy hydroelectric dam. Financed in large part by the World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank, the Chixoy Dam was built in Rabinal...
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Hidroelectric Dam)), where the Río Salama and Rio Carchela converge with the Río Negro. After the Chixoy dam, the river is called Río Chixoy and flows northwards...
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Usumacinta River (redirect from Río Usumacinta)
Santa Cruz (in Guatemala) and the Salinas River, also known as the Rio Chixoy, or the Rio Negro, which descends from the Sierra Madre de Guatemala. It defines...
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River Río Negro (Central America), forming part of the border between Honduras and Nicaragua Chixoy River, also known as the Río Negro, in Guatemala Río Negro...
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voluntary and forced relocations of communities for the construction of the Chixoy hydroelectric dam. Carasik, Laura (January 4, 2012). "Justice delayed 30...
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of the family Poeciliidae. It is found in flowing waters along the Rio Chixoy and Rio Salinas system in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. The species was first described...
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ADIVIMA (section Rio Negro massacre reparations)
some of the Rio Negro massacres that killed over 440 people have been sent to prison, the survivors affected by the building of the Chixoy Dam have never...
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list. Alternate names for rivers are given in parentheses. Río Bravo, the name of the Rio Grande in Mexico San Juan River Pesquería River Salinas River...
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km2), includes the Chixoy River which is a tributary of the Río Salinas and Río Usumacinta. The Motagua basin (1042 km2) includes the Río Grande which is...
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through the Sierra Madre at the bottom of deep ravines. One large river, the Chixoy or Salinas River, escapes northwards towards the Gulf of Mexico. In addition...
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2009.04237.x. White, RA (1985). "The Guatemala earthquake of 1816 on the Chixoy-Polochic fault". Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 75 (2):...
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River Pasión River (Río de la Pasión) San Juan River Poxte River Machaquila River Cancuén River Salinas River Chixoy River (Río Negro) Salamá River San...
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Lowlands, the Caribbean coast and the Salinas de los Nueve Cerros in the Chixoy river in the Highlands of Alta Verapaz in Guatemala, where the salt is obtained...
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Guatemalan genocide (section Genocide under Ríos Montt)
territorially expanded during that era: the Northern Transversal Strip and the Chixoy Hydroelectric Plant. In municipal act 34–64 (published 9 January 1965) one...
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Western Quebec Seismic Zone United States Caribbean and Mexico Cayman Trough Chixoy-Polochic Fault Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone (Cuba) Gulf of California...
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Madre volcanic chain. Its southern border is defined by the Río Negro, which flows into the Chixoy River, which turns northwards and separates the Cuchumatanes...
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9–10. Faults in the Motagua–Polochic Faults include the Polochic or Chixoy–Polochic, Panima, Baja Verapaz, San Agustin, Cabañas or Cabañas–Jubuco...
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Usumacinta, which forms in Guatemala at the convergence of the Salinas or Chixoy and La Pasion River and runs north for 970 km (600 mi)—480 km (300 mi) of...
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Mundo Dam Melones Dam Porvenir Dam Zaza Dam Cerrón Grande Dam Aguacapa Dam Chixoy Dam Jurún Marinalá Dam Las Vacas Dam Los Esclavos Dam Santa María Dam Xacbal...
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expansion of two megaprojects of that era: Northern Transversal Strip and Chixoy Hydroelectric Plant. In the municipal minutes labeled 34–64 (published 9...
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sulfate-bearing springs that dot the active trace of the Chixoy Polochic fault, 2 km south of the lake in the chixoy river valley, where they form large travertine...
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expansion of two megaprojects of that era: Northern Transversal Strip and Chixoy Hydroelectric Plant. In municipal minutes 34-64 (published 9 January 1965)...
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The department possesses various rivers that flow into the Chixoy River, also known as the Río Negro, which flows into the system of rivers forming the...
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Poqomchi’ state lay in ‘a narrow strip from west to east, from the middle Chixoy River to Panzós, in the lower Polochic valley,’ and thereby formed a western...
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Cerro Chisos Cerro Chitul Cerro San Rafael Rivers Frío Carchelá Chirripitán Chixoy Quililá Saquijá Cahabón Sacbin Santa María La Cueva Chojomá El Palmar Guachcojloy...
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Coordinates Capacity (MW) Generation annual (GWh) Start year Costs* Chixoy Chixoy River San Cristóbal Alta Verapaz 15°16′53″N 90°29′27″W / 15.28139°N...
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expansion of two mega-projects of that era: Northern Transversal Strip and Chixoy Hydroelectric Plant. In 1978, a military patrol was stationed a few kilometers...
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component (92%) of Guatemala's electricity generation and is highlighted by the Chixoy hydroelectric project. The National Institute of Electricity (INDE) (El...
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