Chagres River
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The Chagres River (Spanish: Río Chagres) is a river in central Panama. The central part of the river is dammed by the Gatun Dam and forms Gatun Lake, an artificial lake that constitutes part of the Panama Canal. It drains northwest into the Caribbean Sea.
The river was the correct answer to the winning question of the 2005 National Geographic Bee, a geography general-knowledge contest for U.S. schoolchildren.
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| Overview • History • Health Measures • Panama Railway • Gaillard Cut • Gatun Dam • Chagres River • Gatun Lake • The Locks • Panamax • Bridge of the Americas • Centennial Bridge • Panama Canal Authority • The Canal Zone • Expansion project |
