Yaqui River

Yaqui River

The Yaqui River (Río Yaqui in Spanish) (Hiak Vatwe in Yaqui) is a river in the state of Sonora in northwestern Mexico. Being the largest river system in the state of Sonora, the Yaqui river is used for irrigation.

With approximately 320km (200mi) in length, the Yaqui flows south and southwest to empty into the Gulf of California. However, there seem to be various versions of the length of the river. According to [http://www.elbalero.gob.mx/explora/html/atlas/rios1.html the information provided by México para niños] , a site which belongs to the Presidency of the Republic of Mexico, the river has a length of 554 kilometers, while the article of [http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_Yaqui Río Yaqui] in the Spanish Wikipedia states that the length is about 700 kilometers.

The Yaqui river originates in the Sierra Madre Occidental and flows into the Gulf of California near the port of Guaymas.

Its course is interrupted by several reservoirs like Plutarco Elías Calles (El Novillo), Lázaro Cárdenas (Angostura), or Álvaro Obregón (El Oviáchic), which provides the water resource for the intensively irrigated region of Ciudad Obregón.


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  • Yaqui — noun Etymology: Mexican Spanish, alteration of earlier hiaqui, probably from Yaqui hiyaki, the Yaqui River Date: 1861 1. a member of an American Indian people of Sonora, Mexico 2. the Uto Aztecan language of the Yaqui people …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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