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	Guayas River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Guayas River is a river in western Ecuador.
		The Guayas River has one of its sources in the Chimborazo (volcano), Ecuador's highest volcano, in the Andes.
		However, "Guayas" is the name of the lower part of the river, which starts at the confluence of the Daule River in the west and the Babahoyo River, in the east, between the cities of Guayaquil and DurÃ¡n, in the Guayas province.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Guayas_River (363 words)

	Encyclopedia: Guayas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Guayas is bounded on the northwest and west by Manabí, on the northeast and east by Los Ríos and Bolívar, on the south by El Oro, on the west and southwest by the Pacific Ocean or Gulf of Guayaquil, and on the east by Chimborazo, Cañar and Azuay.
		The most important river in the province is the Daule River, which flows from the north to join the Babahoyo River to form the Guayas River.
		The Daule River is a river in Ecuador, in the Guayas province.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Guayas (2097 words)

	GUAYAS - LoveToKnow Article on GUAYAS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The province of Guayas is heavily forested and traversed by numerous rivers, for the most part tributaries of the Guayas river, which enters the gulf from the N. This river system has a drainage area of about 14,000 sq.
		Guayas is the chief industrial and commercial province of the republic, about nineteen-twentieths of the commerce of Ecuador passing through the port of its capital, Guayaquil.
		The sluggish river channels which intersect the greater part of its territory afford excellent facilities for transporting produce, and a large number of small boats are regularly engaged in that traffic.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /G/GU/GUAYAS.htm (331 words)

	GUAYAQUIL - LoveToKnow Article on GUAYAQUIL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The mains pass under the Guayas river and discharge into a large distributing reservoir on one of the hills N. of the city.
		There is also steamboat connection with the producing districts of the province on the Guayas river and its tributaries, on which boats run regularly as far up as Bodegas (8o m.) in the dry season, and for a distance of 40 m.
		The Guayas river is navigable up to Guayaquil for steamers drawing 22 ft. of water; larger vessels anchor at Puna, 40 m.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /G/GU/GUAYAQUIL.htm (747 words)

	Ecuador - Drainage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Almost all of the rivers in Ecuador rise in the Sierra region and flow east toward the Amazon River or west toward the Pacific Ocean.
		The rivers rise from snowmelt at the edges of the snowcapped peaks or from the abundant precipitation that falls at higher elevations.
		Rivers may slow and widen as they cross the hoyas yet become rapid again as they flow from the heights of the Andes to the lower elevations of the other regions.
	www.country-data.com /cgi-bin/query/r-3917.html (469 words)

	Ramsar Sites Database (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Isla Santay is located in the delta of the Guayas River, 800 m east of the city of Guayaquil, in the Durán canton, Guayas province on the west coast of Ecuador.
		Isla Santay lies in the delta of the Guayas River.
		The island is located in the Guayas River, the most important river system in the Gulf of Guayaquil, and the largest on the west coast of South America.
	www.wetlands.org /RDB/Ramsar_Dir/Ecuador/EC006D02.htm (643 words)

	GUAYAQUIL, or SANTIAGO DE GUAYAQUIL - Online Information article about GUAYAQUIL, or SANTIAGO DE GUAYAQUIL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		There is also steamboat connexion with the producing districts of the province on the Guayas river and its tributaries, on which boats run regularly as far up as Bodegas (8o m.) in the dry season, and for a distance of 40 M. on the Daule.
		The exports of the province are almost wholly transported on these rivers, and are shipped either at Guayaquil, or at Puna, its deep-water port, 62 m.
		The Guayas river is navigable up to Guayaquil for steamers drawing 22 ft. of water; larger vessels anchor at Puna, 40 M. from Guayaquil, where cargoes and passengers are transferred to lighters and tenders.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /GRA_GUI/GUAYAQUIL_or_SANTIAGO_DE_GUAYA.html (1047 words)

	Nutrient budgets of the Guayas River estuary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The major source of freshwater is the Guayas River, which forms 60 km upstream at the confluence of the Daule and Babahoyo rivers.
		Tides are semidiurnal with equal amplitude of 1.8 m in the Gulf of Guayaquil, amplified to 3-5 m in the Guayas River estuary near the city of Guayaquil.
		Salinity regimes in the Guayas and Churute sub-estuaries, with mean salinities of 18 and 16 psu respectively, reflect the strong seasonal influence of freshwater.
	data.ecology.su.se /MNODE/South%20America/guayaquil/GuayasR/GuayasRbud.htm (1328 words)

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		Set along the chocolate-brown Guayas River on the flat coastal plains of Ecuador is the city of Guayaquil.
		With a particular architectural style with narrow streets the houses near the river depict the early days of Ecuador with two fronts one for access from the street and the other for access from the river.
		The Historical Park is 8 hectares surround by a variety of trees on the Daule River.
	www.galapagosonline.com /Explore_Ecuador/Coast/Guayaquil/Guayaquil.html (791 words)

	The Bangkok Of Ecuador
		We entered the Guayas estuary just opposite the island of Puno, on which Pizarro landed when he started south to conquer Peru ; and, skirting this, we came into the Gulf of Guayaquil, which forms the mouth of the river.
		I left Guayaquil in the little American built steamer Puigmir for the town of Babahoyo, which is far in the interior, at the foot of the Andes, where mules are obtained for the highlands on the other side of the mountains.
		Shortly after leaving Guayaquil we passed the mouth of the Daule river, and a few hours later came into the river Babahoyo, which is the headstream of the Guayas.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles29/south-america-6.shtml (2749 words)

	Ecuador: La Costa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		El Malecon (a wide waterfront avenue that runs alongside the River Guayas allows walking strolls with several attractions), shows the development that is having this city.
		The River Guayas is the main avenue of water on the South American Pacific Coast, and the second in the entire continent, so the Guayaquileños are presenting to the world their best attraction.
		At one side of the River Guayas, is the hill Santa Ana where our history begins, the district Las Peñas is here and it is occupied mostly by artists and their wooden houses and narrow cobbled street show the last vestige of the colony.
	www.bertinitours.com /about-6.htm (621 words)

	Identification of areas potentially susceptible to flood inundation in the Lower Guayas floodplain
		The spatial extent and duration of flooding, or the flood hydro period regime have a crucial role in the ecology of floodplains.
		is the highest among the 30 rivers in the coastal zone of Ecuador, representing 39% of the total discharge from this lowland region.
		The subwatershed was delineated using as catchment outlet the intersection of rivers Daule and Babahoyo.
	www.crwr.utexas.edu /gis/gishydro04/Introduction/TermProjects/Lopez.htm (3177 words)

	Guayas Definition / Guayas Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The estimated population of the province in 2003 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year...
		Guayas is a province in central coastal area of Ecuador in Costa region.
		Guayas is a sail training ship of the Ecuadorian Navy.
	www.elresearch.com /Guayas (180 words)

	The Illa Tiki Expeditions: Manteno Expedition
		After construction of the hull is completed, the vessel will be navigated, without mast or sail, 120 miles down the four rivers that lead to the sea: the Quevedo, the Vinces, the Babahoyo, and the Guayas.
		After completion of the river leg of the expedition, the craft will be beached on Isla de Santay, near Guayaquil, 40 river miles from the Pacific Ocean.
		The first leg of the journey requires extreme caution and attention as the raft sails from the mouth of the Guayas river, northward to Panama, and then along the coast Central America to Acapulco, Mexico.
	www.gunthar.com /archive/illa_tiki/manteno/manteno.html (498 words)

	Guayas River -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		As the annual thawing of snow occurs in the mountains, numerous rivers rise, pass through the hoyas of the Sierra, and flow either west to the Pacific coast or east to the Amazon River.
		Formed by the juncture of the Daule and Babahoyo rivers and their affluents, the Guayas River is navigable for...
		Rivers are also a principal natural force in shaping land surfaces.
	www.wip.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9038341 (866 words)

	Los Rios Ecuador - Ministry of Tourism, Ecuador
		With an unbeatable tropical climate and a temperature which almost always oscillates between 22 and 23 degrees centigrade, Los Ríos, lying in the Guayas River Basin, is a great place to visit privately run protected areas and witness coastal traditions such as rodeos.
		Babahoyo, Los Ríos' capital, is flanked by two rivers, the San Pablo and the Caracol, which join to form the Babahoyo river which, in turn, flows into the Guayas River, eventually ending in the sea.
		This is typically coastal farmers’ festivity is celebrated in various villages throughout Los Ríos and Guayas.
	www.vivecuador.com /html2/eng/losrios_en.htm (499 words)

	CupSkin: Guayas River
		Spanish ï¿½Rï¿½o Guayas, ï¿½ river system of the coastal lowlands of Ecuador.
		Its eastern tributaries rise on the western slopes of the Andes and descend to drain the wet lowlands.
		Official usage as to how much of the system should be called the Guayas River differs; the name is certainly applied to the unified stream formed just above the city of Guayaquil by the two principal tributaries, the
	cupskin.blogspot.com /2004/08/guayas-river.html (80 words)

	Guayaquil Caliente: Guayaquil Guayaquil
		Guayaquil is the capital city of the province of Guayas.
		This diversity is accentuated, thanks to the convergence of the salty Pacific waters, with the sweet water of the Guayas rivers that emanate from the west flanks of the Ecuadorian Andes.
		The city was shockingly poor, and I found it incredible that much of the human detritus and garbage was dumped into the Guayas, a rolling river that the negligence of politicians and the indolence of citizens had turned into a pestilent sewer.
	www.guayaquilcaliente.com /archives/cat_guayaquil.html (5009 words)

	RoguePundit: Random Nature #15
		The Colorado River gained its name from all the reddish silt it carried, and it used to deposit a goodly amount of that silt in its lower reaches.
		Sometimes there was enough silt build-up that the river developed a distributary or two that overflowed the edge of its more typical flood plain and tumbled down into the Salton Depression.
		The Amu Darya and Syr Darya Rivers were/are two important rivers flowing through drier areas, but they were/are being used so heavily that the Aral Sea, once the world's fourth largest, was rapidly shrinking.
	roguepundit.typepad.com /roguepundit/2005/01/random_nature_1_3.html (1507 words)

	Geography of Ecuador - Regions, Climate
		Roughly the size of the state of Colorado, Ecuador encompasses a wide range of natural formations and climates, from the desertlike southern coast to the snowcapped peaks of the Andes Mountains to the plains of the Amazon River Basin.
		The Galápagos Islands, officially called the Archipiélago de Colón, are located 1,000 kilometers west of the Ecuadorian coast within 1 south of the equator.
		In the southern part of Guayas Province, east of the Gulf of Guayaquil, the narrow coastal plain is only fifteen to twenty kilometers wide.
	worldfacts.us /Ecuador-geography.htm (2350 words)

	Guayaquil Ecuador Guayaquil Hotels Guayaquil Travel Agencies Guayaquil Spanish Schools Guayaquil Ecuador
		The city is situated on the Guayas River, near the head of the Gulf of Guayaquil, in Ecuadors low-lying Pacific litoral, (altitude 4 m), deliciously tropical climate -->
		Guayaquil is situated on the Guayas River, near the head of the Gulf of Guayaquil, in Ecuadors low-lying Pacific litoral, (altitude 4 m), deliciously tropical climate.
		You are at: ecuaworld.com / Gringo Trail /
	www.ecuaworld.com /guayaquil.htm (420 words)

	Articles - Guayaquil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Guayaquil is on the right margin of the Guayas River, which flows into the Gulf of Guayaquil in the Pacific Ocean.
		Guayaquil is the capital of the Ecuadorian province of Guayas and the seat of Guayaquil Canton.
		One of the projects was called MalecÃ³n 2000 [ma.le.Ëkon Ã°oz Ëmil], the renovation of the breakwater ( malecÃ³n) along the Guayas River with the addition of a boardwalk in 2000.
	e-handbags.net /articles/Guayaquil?mySession=8c5eae42d9b422d7f1a4e6f... (677 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Guayaquil flooded grasslands (NT0905) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This relatively small ecoregion lies in southwestern Ecuador, within the delta of the Guayas River Basin, extending south until it converges with the coastal mangroves at the Gulf of Guayaquil.
		This ecoregion is periodically flooded by the Guayas River, creating large areas of open water that attract numerous aquatic birds.
		Threats include pollution from the Guayas and Daule Rivers, overhunting, fragmentation, colonization, infringing agriculture (rice fields), and the invasion of exotic species.
	nationalgeographic.com /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/nt/nt0905.html (447 words)

	GUAYAS, or EL GUAYAS - Online Information article about GUAYAS, or EL GUAYAS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		There are no land transport routes in the province except the Quito & Guayaquil railway, which traverses its eastern half.
		Duran, on the Guayas river opposite Guayaquil, is the starting point of the Quito railway and contains the shops and offices of that line.
		The port of Santa Elena on a bay of the same name, about 65 m.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /GRA_GUI/GUAYAS_or_EL_GUAYAS.html (496 words)

	On The Great South American Desert
		As they crossed the continent, they dropped their moisture, feeding the great rivers of lower South America, and covering the land with tropical verdure.
		This is enough to form a river here and there through the desert; and it is in the valleys of such rivers that one finds the habitable parts of the coast regions of Peru and northern Chile.
		A stream of water from the river had been let in through a ditch at the side in a vain attempt to carry it away, and the men were at work shovelling the sand from the rails.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles29/south-america-8.shtml (2586 words)

	Ecuador - Coat of Arms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In the foreground, the steamboat "Guayas" is seen crossing the wide river.
		It is the Guayas river, symbol of national unity of mountains and coastland, Equatorian regions.
		In the wide part of the river there is a ship which reminds of the first one built in the Guayaquil docks in 1840, believed to be the first ship built in South America.
	flagquest.com /FOTW/flags/ec)coa.html (1288 words)

	AbleHook: September 2004
		The area north of the river belongs to the historic county of Durham, and the area to the south lies in the historic county of Yorkshire.
		River on Kauai Island, Hawaii, U.S. It flows from the slopes of Mount Waialeale about 10 miles (16 km) inland, to the east-central coast.
		The Wailua River Reserve, a 587-acre (238-hectare) coastal state park along the river, is rich in Hawaiian tradition.
	ablehook.blogspot.com /2004_09_01_ablehook_archive.html (1427 words)

	WetApple: August 2004
		City, seat (1788) of Allegheny county, southwestern Pennsylvania, U.S. The city is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, which unite at the point of the ï¿½Golden Triangleï¿½ (the business district) to form the Ohio River.
		It extends from the Dnieper River in the northeast across the rolling hills of the Dnieper Upland to the basin of the Southern (Pivdennyy) Buh River in the southwest.
		It lies along a bend of the Gardon d'Alï¿½s River, at the foot of the Cï¿½vennes mountains, north-northwest of Nï¿½mes.
	wetapple.blogspot.com /2004_08_01_wetapple_archive.html (1388 words)

	Guayas Ecuador - Ministry of Tourism - Ecuador
		There are seaside resorts with plenty of hotels to choose from and small beaches where you can partake in a variety of sports.
		Located in western Ecuador on the banks of the Guayas River, Guayaquil is Ecuador’s largest city.
		With an area of over 2,471 hectares, Capeira Scientific Research Center, which is centrally located just a few miles from Guayaquil, is characterized by its tropical dry forest, which is home to approximately 150 identified species of flora and fauna.
	www.vivecuador.com /html2/eng/guayas_en.htm (773 words)

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