Chepo River

Chepo River
Location of mouth
Location
Country	Panama
Physical characteristics
Mouth
• coordinates	8°59′53″N79°06′49″W / 8.9980°N 79.1136°W / 8.9980; -79.1136

The Chepo River is a river of Panama in the Chepo District of Panama Province. It drains into the Pacific Ocean.

Course

The uppermost reaches of the Chepo are alternately called the Bayano River after the construction of the Bayano Dam that resulted in the 350-square-kilometre (140 sq mi) lake reservoir. ^[1] The headwaters of the Chepo encompass watercourses running south from the San Blas Mountains near the Caribbean along with other rivers draining parts of the Majé and Darien Mountains. ^[2]

The Mamoni River is a major tributary farther downstream.

Measuring 206 kilometres (128 mi) in length, the Chepo-Bayano is the third longest river of Panama. ^[3]

Coquira, in the lower reaches, is the main riverine port.

See also

• List of rivers of Panama

References

1. "Panama Fishing and Catching". Archived from the original on 2012-09-09. Retrieved 2012-04-16.
2. "In the rivers of Darien". Archived from the original on 2016-07-04. Retrieved 2012-04-17.
3. Bayano River Archived December 18, 2010, at the Wayback Machine

• Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
• CIA map, 1995.