Fuerte River Explained

Fuerte River
Map:Mexico rivers.jpg
Pushpin Map:Mexico
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of mouth
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Mexico
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Sinaloa

The Fuerte River is a river in the state of Sinaloa, in northwestern Mexico. It flows from headwaters in the Sierra Madre Occidental to the Pacific Ocean in the Gulf of California.

Course

It begins at the junction of the Rio Verde (also called the Rio San Miguel) and Urique River, in the Sierra Madre Occidental mountain range. It flows generally southwest for a distance of 290km (180miles),[1] with its river mouth on the Gulf of California at Lechuguilla Island, 43km (27miles) west of the city of Los Mochis.

Miguel Hidalgo Dam impounds the river near the town of El Fuerte creating the state's largest reservoir, Embalse de Gustavo Diaz Ordaz.[2] The water is used extensively for agricultural irrigation in northern Sinaloa and southern Sonora states.

Features

The river is surrounded by large mango plantations which produce the fruits mainly for export to the United States. The former capitol of Sinaloa, Sinaloa de Leyva, is on the river in the Fuerte River Valley, in the Sierra Madre Occidental foothills.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fuerte River Mexico, Map, & Facts Britannica . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231004081328/https://www.britannica.com/place/Fuerte-River . Oct 4, 2023 . 2024-04-10 . www.britannica.com . en.
  2. http://www.eosnap.com/?tag=fuerte-river{{Dead link|date=May 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Earth Snapshot website, accessed 17 September 2009