Tuma River

The Tuma River is a river located in Nicaragua.

The river, a tributary of the Río Grande de Matagalpa,[1] is located in the Jinotega Department, about 250 kilometers northeast of the capital, Managua. In 1964, President Luis Somoza Debayle decided to dam the river to form Nicaragua's first man-made lake, Apanás Lake, which provides power for the 50-megawatt Centroamérica hydroelectric plant in the country's Central Highlands.[2] It is also an important recreational area, as the river and lake provide a good deal of tourism for the department.[2][3]

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References

  1. ^ Hugh Chisholm (1911). The encyclopædia britannica: a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information. At the University press. pp. 643–. http://books.google.com/books?id=uEkEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA643. Retrieved 23 February 2011. 
  2. ^ a b About the Area. Selva Negra. Retrieved on 2011-02-23.
  3. ^ Guide to Apanás Lake at Worldsaurus.com