Lempa

American  

[lem-pah] / ˈlɛm pɑ /

noun

1. a river rising in NW El Salvador, flowing E and then S to the Pacific Ocean. About 200 miles (320 km) long.

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Example Sentences

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

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

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

These lowlands flood almost annually when the Lempa overflows and spills across agrarian communities like the one where Domínguez grew up.

From Seattle Times

“We don’t spend resources that contaminate the environment, we don’t depend on oil, we don’t depend on natural gas, on any resource that isn’t renewable,” Daniel Álvarez, president of the Rio Lempa Hydroelectric Executive Commission, which oversees the plant, said during a tour Friday.

From Seattle Times