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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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     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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  • 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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