Aguas Calientes River (Carabobo) Explained

Aguas Calientes
Subdivision Type1:	Country
Subdivision Name1:	Venezuela
Subdivision Type2:	State
Subdivision Name2:	Carabobo
Source1 Location:	Las Trincheras
Mouth:	Caribbean Sea
Mouth Location:	Near Puerto Cabello
Mouth Coordinates:	10.4819°N -68.1115°W

Aguas Calientes ("hot waters" in Spanish) is the name of a river in Carabobo state.

Source

The source is associated with the hot springs of Las Trincheras near Valencia.

Visit of Humboldt

The springs were visited in 1800 by Alexander von Humboldt, who measured the temperature. He then followed the river down to the Caribbean coast.Humboldt published a scientific description of the springs on his return to Europe. He concluded that they obtained their heat from very deep groundwater circulation.^{[1] [2]}

Railway

The Puerto Cabello and Valencia railway was built in the 1880s following the course of the valley for a considerable part of its route.^[3] It closed in the 1950s, but a new railway is under construction.

Mouth

The river flows into the Caribbean west of Puerto Cabello.

Notes and References

1. Davis, S. (1999). Humboldt, Arago, and the temperature of groundwater. Hydrogeology Journal 7: 501. https://doi.org/10.1007/s100400050223
2. Navas. Las Trincheras, las segundas mejores aguas termales del mundo
3. Valencia (Venezuela) . 27 . 846.