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    overlooking the mouth of the Chagres River. In 1502, during his fourth and final voyage, Christopher Columbus discovered the Chagres River. By 1534, the Monarchy...
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    Gulf of Panama to the south. The Chagres thus has the unusual claim of drainage into two oceans. The upper Chagres River, its watershed, and the watershed...
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    commissioned a study into the possibility of building a railway from Chagres (on the Chagres River) to the town of Panama City. This study was carried out between...
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  • Most Lamentable Losse Of The Alcestis & Triumphant Firing Of The Port Of Chagres, is a 1977 children's narrative poem that was written by Richard Adams...
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    The Chagres National Park is a nature park and protected area created in 1986 located between the Province of Panama and Colon, in the Eastern sector...
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  • mouth of the Chagres River. The sandstone is so massive that estimates of thickness are uncertain. Various fossils have been found in the Chagres Formation:...
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    the lake, the Chagres River, a natural waterway enhanced by the damming of Gatun Lake, runs about 8.4 km (5+1⁄4 mi). Here the upper Chagres River feeds...
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    lies at the town of Nuevo Chagres. Chagres District is divided administratively into the following corregimientos: Nuevo Chagres (capital) Achiote El Guabo...
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    Immature J. j. hypomelaena Chagres River, Panama Subadult J. j. hypomelaena Chagres River, Panama Adult J. j. hypomelaena Chagres River, Panama BirdLife International...
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  • Nuevo Chagres (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈnweβo ˈtʃaɣɾes], English: New Chagres) is a seaside town and corregimiento in the Colón Province of Panama, and...
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    Wyoming. The Panama Canal has this same feature, but is man-made. Both the Chagres and Gatun rivers flow into Gatun Lake, which empties to both oceans. Several...
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  • valley of the Chagres River, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from its mouth in the Caribbean Sea. The hills bordering the valley of the Chagres form a gap just...
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    operating levels in the next six months. Created in 1913 by damming the Chagres River, Gatun Lake is a key part of the Panama Canal, providing the millions...
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    Panama". NASA. 21 December 2010. Fundación Parque Nacional Chagres. "Parque Nacional Chagres: Hidrología". Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved...
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    streams, meander in valleys, and form coastal deltas. However, the Río Chagres (Chagres River), located in central Panama, is one of the few wide rivers and...
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    started New York to Chagres service on December 1, 1848 and continued until 1852. She also ran New Orleans to Havana to Chagres. SS Ohio 1848-1854 Built...
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    Río Chepo and the Río Chagres, both within the boundaries of the city, work as sources of hydroelectric power. The Río Chagres is one of the longest and...
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  • skyscraper in Detroit, Michigan, United States Madden Dam, a dam across the Chagres River, in Panama Madden baronets, a UK baronetage Madden NFL, American...
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    view of Fort San Lorenzo on the mouth of the Chagres River Map of Fort San Lorenzo and the mouth of the Chagres River 19 January Early in the morning - Morgan...
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    Santa Rosa Colón City Chagres District Nuevo Chagres, Achiote, El Guabo, La Encantada, Palmas Bellas, Piña, Salud Nuevo Chagres Donoso District Miguel...
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    attacked the fortress of San Lorenzo el Real Chagres, in present-day Panama on the banks of the Chagres River, near Portobelo. The fort was defended by...
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    An 1850 oil painting by Charles Christian Nahl: The Isthmus of Panama on the Height of the Chagres River...
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    Hills, Piña-Escobal highlands, Chagres-Mojinga-Gatún lowlands, Limón Bay lowlands, Caribbean shore lowlands, and the Chagres River. The major roads and trails...
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  • Remainder was demolished after the collapse by authorities for safety reasons. Chagres River Gamboa Panama 23 June 2000 0 killed, 0 injured Bulk carrier "Bluebill"...
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    advice of Granny and go around the Horn, through the Straights, or by Chagres [Panama]." Citations "[E]vents from January 1848 through December 1855...
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    15; -75 Type Sea Part of Atlantic Ocean River sources Magdalena Atrato Chagres San Juan Coco Motagua Basin countries List  Antigua and Barbuda  Aruba...
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    sailing from Mexico by the Dutch West India Company in 1628; the capture of Chagres and Panama City by Henry Morgan in 1670–71; and the Raid on Cartagena by...
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     Mexico North America Carrillo Puerto Formation  Mexico North America Chagres Formation  Panama North America Chucunaque Formation  Panama North America...
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    Providence and Santa Catalina in December 1670. From there his fleet sailed to Chagres, the port from which ships were loaded with goods to transport back to...
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    Gatún Dam, Chagres River, hydroelectric power (22.5 MW), spillway Gatún Lake Gatún River, causeway, Monte Lirio railway bridge Gamboa Chagres River, Madden...
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