Kukra River

The Kukra River (Spanish: Río Kukra; alternates: Rio Cookra, Rio Cucra, Rio Cukra, Río Cookra, Río Cucra, Río Cukra)[1] is a river of Nicaragua. It lies in the southeast of the country and is inhabited by people who speak the Sumo language.[2] It is monitored by the Board of Kukra River (Junta Directiva del Rio Kukra), presided by Peter Martinez. During Hurricane Dean a four-year-old girl drowned on a boat that sank amidst high winds and waves at the mouth of the river.[3] It is located south of Bluefields.[4]

Economy

Along with Bluefields and Rio Escondido, the Kukra River has been an important indigenous and Creole agriculture area.[5] The Rama grow grains near Bluefields Bay and along the Kukra.[6] Farming is the only industry along the Kukra.[4]

Fauna and flora

The ant species Pheidole psilogaster has been found in the Kukra River region.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Río Kukra, Atlántico Sur, Nicaragua". travelingluck.com. http://travelingluck.com/North%20America/Nicaragua/Atl%C3%A1ntico%20Sur/_3618792_R%C3%ADo%20Kukra.html#local_map. Retrieved 14 December 2010. 
  2. ^ Peet, Stephen Denison (1895). The American antiquarian and oriental journal, Volume 17. F.H. Reveell. p. 187. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=QELzAAAAMAAJ&q=Kukra+River&dq=Kukra+River&hl=en&ei=b54CTaDxL6mN4gavrpDKCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAQ. 
  3. ^ Campbell, Howard (August 1, 2007). "Hurricane Dean pummels Jamaica". Pantagraph. http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2007/08/19/news/doc46c9089acd701409415110.txt. Retrieved December 10, 2010. 
  4. ^ a b "Latrine Construction and Sanitation Education- Kukra River, Nicaragua". Engineers without Borders UCLA. http://sites.google.com/site/ewbucla/projects-4/nicaragua-water. Retrieved 14 December 2010. 
  5. ^ Goett, Jennifer (December 4, 2004). "PNUD-Informe del Desarrollo Humano de la Costa Atlántica de Nicaragua: Tenencia de las tierras comunales indígenas y afro-descendientes en la RAAS". University of Texas. http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:1yL9kQCp18gJ:www.utexas.edu/law/centers/humanrights/events/adjudicating/papers/JenniferGoettPNUD.doc+kukra+escondido&hl=en&gl=us. Retrieved 14 December 2010. 
  6. ^ Berman, Joshua; Wood, Randall (2008). Moon Nicaragua. Avalon Travel. p. 402. ISBN 1598800841. http://books.google.com/books?id=K3LgHF6Y7asC&pg=PA402. 
  7. ^ Wilson, Edward O. (2003). Pheidole in the new world: a dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. 1. Harvard University Press. p. 341. ISBN 0674002938. http://books.google.com/books?id=lMhXlD8v3KgC&pg=PA341.