Tuma River: Difference between revisions

{{Infobox Riverriver

|river_name name =Tuma

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|mouth mouth_location =[[Río Grande de Matagalpa]]

|basin_countries subdivision_name1 =[[Nicaragua]]

| length ={[{convert|180|km|mi}}<ref name="defensa">{{cite web|url=http://www.resdal.org/ultimos-documentos/parte1-caract-geograf.pdf|title=Libra de la Defensa Nacional de Nicaragua|publisher=Government of Nicaragua|page= 30|language=Spanish|accessdate= 25 May 2012}}</ref>

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The river, a left [[tributary]] of the [[Río Grande de Matagalpa]],<ref>{{cite bookEB1911|authorwstitle=Hugh ChisholmNicaragua |titlevolume=The encyclopædia19 britannica:| apages dictionary= of642&ndash;645; see page 643 |quote= The Rio Grande or artsAmaltara, scienceswhich receives one large tributary, literaturethe andTuma, generalis information|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=uEkEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA643|accessdate=23navigable Februaryfor 2011|year=1911|publisher=Atabout the100 Universitym. press|pages=643–}}</ref> is located in the [[Jinotega Department|Jinotega]] and [[Matagalpa Department]]s, [[RegiónNorth AutónomaCaribbean delCoast AtlánticoAutonomous NorteRegion]], and [[RegiónSouth AutónomaCaribbean delCoast AtlánticoAutonomous SurRegion]]. The source of the Tuma River is located in Jinotega Department, about 250 kilometers northeast of the capital, [[Managua]]. The river flows in the eastern direction, crosses into Matagalpa Department, in the lower course forms the border between Matagalpa Department and Regiónthe AutónomaNorth delCaribbean AtlánticoCoast NorteAutonomous Region, and between Regiónthe AutónomaNorth delCaribbean AtlánticoCoast NorteAutonomous Region and Regiónthe South AutónomaCaribbean delCoast AtlánticoAutonomous SurRegion where it joins Río Grande de Matagalpa.

The biggest towns on the banks of the Tuma are [[Tuma-La Dalia|El Tuma]] in Matagalpa Department and [[Mulukuku]] in Regiónthe AutónomaNorth delCaribbean AtlánticoCoast NorteAutonomous Region.

In 1964, President [[Luis Somoza Debayle]] decided to dam the river with the [[Mancotal Dam]] 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 (Central America)|Central Highlands]].<ref name="selvanegra1">[http://www.selvanegra.com/en/l_a_area.html About the Area] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101118061809/http://www.selvanegra.com/en/l_a_area.html |date=2010-11-18 }}. Selva Negra. Retrieved on 2011-02-23.</ref> It is also an important recreational area, as the river and lake provide a good deal of tourism for Jinotega department.<ref name="selvanegra1"/><ref>[http://www.worldsaurus.com/guide/Costa%20Rica/ Guide to Apanás Lake at Worldsaurus.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718114336/http://www.worldsaurus.com/guide/Costa%20Rica/ |date=2011-07-18 }}</ref>