Lempa
Americannoun
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The Salvadoran capital's untreated waste is also swept up by the Acelhuate River before reaching the Lempa, piling in even more garbage.
From Reuters ● Nov. 24, 2022
The reservoir's mounting trash comes from the Lempa River, which flows from the Guatemalan highlands via neighboring Honduras, before settling in Cerron Grande, located at the foot of El Salvador's biggest hydroelectric dam.
From Reuters ● Nov. 24, 2022
The region is known as Bajo Lempa, the alluvial plains southeast of the capital near where the Lempa river empties into the Pacific Ocean.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2022
At the Berlin Geothermal plant, two hours drive east of the capital, Gustavo Cuellar, special projects adviser for the Rio Lempa Hydroelectric Executive Commission, is overseeing the mining operation.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 15, 2021
A small village named Mazahuat also lies farther south and inland on the Lempa river, in San Salvador.
From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Zelia Nuttall
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