Gualcarque River (Honduras)
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Name (Latin)
Gualcarque River (Honduras)
Other forms of name
Río Gualcarque (Honduras)
See Also From tracing topical name
Rivers Honduras
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q23808663
Library of congress:
sh2017004817
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Mendoza, C. Río Blanco, 2016:t.p. (struggle in defense of the Río Gualcarque) p. 8 (the fight of the Lenca people of Río Blanco against the Agua Zarca hydro-electric project to build a dam along the Gualcarque River)
- GEOnet, viewed November 1, 2017(Río Gualcarque, Honduras, Intibucá; stream)
- Wikipedia, viewed November 1, 2017(Río Gualcarque; a river in Intibucá, Western Honduras; it is sacred to the indigenous Lenca people, who depend on the river for their subsistence; it is the site of the proposed Agua Zarca hydroelectric dam; the Gualcarque originates in the Reserva Biológica Opalaca in Intibucá, flowing Eastward for 2.4 miles to the reserve's border; then turns to the North, flowing through the entire length of the Reserva de Vida Silvestre Montaña Verde at its Eastern border; it flows into the Río Grande de Otoro)