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    The Lempa River (Spanish: Río Lempa) is a 422-kilometre-long (262 mi) river in Central America. It is a transboundary river shared by El Salvador, Guatemala...
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  • Lempa may refer to: Lempa, Cyprus (or Lemba), village near the Paphos District capital San Francisco Lempa, municipality in El Salvador Lempa River, Central...
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    Acelhuate River (Spanish: Río Acelhuate) is a river in El Salvador which originates in the San Salvador Department and flows north into the Lempa River and...
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    (Spanish: Puente Cuscatlán) was a suspension bridge that spanned the Lempa River in El Salvador. The connected the departments of San Vicente and Usulután...
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    populated and very vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The Lempa River is an integral water resource for the nation, and has been negatively...
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    Archived from the original (xls) on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2011-06-14. "Lempa River". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved June 21, 2021. La Ilustración Guatemalteca...
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    corresponds to a line running northwards from the mouth of the Lempa River to that of the Ulua River. The Maya Region is traditionally divided into three cultural...
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    accounts, the Barca del Río Lempa was a boating transportation system that would transport people and goods across the Lempa River between the departments...
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    reservoir's primary inflows are the Acelhuate River and the Lempa River. Its primary outflow is the Lempa River, which flows northwest to southeast. The reservoir...
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  • Water resources management in El Salvador (category Pages using infobox river with mapframe)
    Salvador. The Lempa River watershed dominates El Salvador covering half of the country at 10, 255 km2 and draining 6, 214 million m3. The Lempa is 422 km...
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    of around 25 °C (77 °F). The main river is the Guajoyo river which is a major tributary of the much larger Lempa River. There is a major Hydroelectric Power...
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    the 1970s, pupusas had a half-moon shape. Pupusas served east of the Lempa River usually have a much larger diameter. In the 1980s, the Salvadoran Civil...
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    the Mesoamerican postclassical period that extended from the Paz river to the Lempa river (covering most of western El Salvador); this was the nation that...
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    a forest of the Usulután Department, framing the eastern bank of the Lempa River and the town of El Zamoran on its southeastern border.[citation needed]...
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    River Humuya River Choluteca River Leán River Coco River Blanco River Lempa River Motagua River Coco River Escondido River Grande de Matagalpa River San...
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    Small streams drain from the Jiboa River, Titihuapa River, and Acahuapa River, while others drain to the Lempa River. Most of the area consists of mountain...
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    naming it Petronila, and then traversed to Jiquilisco Bay on the mouth of Lempa River. The first indigenous people to have contact with the Spanish were the...
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    slopes. El Salvador has over 300 rivers, the most important of which is the Rio Lempa. Originating in Guatemala, the Rio Lempa cuts across the northern range...
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    dividing line with the department of Lempira. Torola River and Gualcarque River flow into the Lempa river. According to the 1895 census, Intibucá had a population...
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    665201 (Icán River) Lempa River, 13°15′17″N 88°49′38″W / 13.25472°N 88.82722°W / 13.25472; -88.82722 (Lempa River) Los Esclavos River, 13°50′20″N 90°19′46″W...
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    particularly in the floodplain of the Lempa and San Miguel Grande Rivers. Three major bridges that cross the Lempa were swept away, restricting access to...
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  • saboteurs were a good idea. On 1 January 1984, the Cuscatlan bridge over the Lempa river in El Salvador, critical to the flow of commercial and military traffic...
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    the smallest of the three. Cuscatlan extended from the Paz River in the west to the Lempa River in the east. Izalco lay to the southwest of Cuscatlan and...
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    long. El Salvador has over 300 rivers, the most important of which is the Rio Lempa. Originating in Guatemala, the Rio Lempa cuts across the northern range...
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    River Choluteca River Goascorán River forms the El Salvador - Honduras border. Guarajambala River Lempa River Mocal River Nacaome River Petacon River...
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  • 2010. The plant would have been be located in the upper basin of the Lempa River, upstream of the Cerrón Grande Hydroelectric Dam. The proposed location...
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  • Mocal River is a river in Honduras. It flows into the Lempa River. An eight megawatt hydroelectric plant is planned on the river. List of rivers of Honduras...
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  • and bombed the Bridge of Gold, one of only two bridges crossing the Lempa River. The Salvadoran government considered the Bridge of Gold to be the most...
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    Department of Honduras. It is situated in the north-south valley of the Lempa River, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of the El Salvador border, and 13 kilometres...
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    Hydroelectric Dam (Spanish: Central Hidroeléctrica Cerrón Grande) spans the Lempa River 78 km (48 mi) north of San Salvador in the municipalities of Potonico...
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