Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican, Vol. 2 of 2: A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of that Country from the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time.Mayer, Brantz
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Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican, Vol. 2 of 2: A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of that Country from the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time.
RIO GARCES.
RIO DE TUSPAN.
RIO DE CAZONES.
RIO DE TENISTEPEC.
RIO DE JAJALPAM, or TECOLUTLA.
RIO DE NAUTLA.
RIO DE TLAPACOYAN.
RIO DE PALMAR.
RIO DE MIZANTLA.
RIO DE MAGUILMANAPA.
RIO DE YEGUASCALCO.
RIO DE ACTOPAN.
RIO DE CHUCHALACA.
RIO DE SAN ANGEL.
RIO DE SAN CARLOS.
RIO ANTIGUA.
RIO DE JAMAPA, or MEDELLIN
RIO AQUIVILCO.
RIO DE TONALA.
RIO DE SANTA ANNA.
RIO DE CAPILCO.
RIO DE DOS BOCAS.
RIO DE CHILTEPEC.
RIO DE SABOJA.
RIO DE CHAMPOTON.
RIO DE CHEN.
RIO DE ESCATALLO.
RIO DE SAN FRANCISCO.
RIO DE SILAN.
RIO CEDROS.
RIO CONIL.
RIO BOLINO.
RIO NUEVO.
RIO BACALAR.
RIO DE LA ASCENSION.
RIO SAN JOSÉ.
RIO HONDO.
Many of these streams are, in fact, not entitled to the name of rivers,
though a few of them are important, whilst all are valuable to some
extent for agriculture, transportation, irrigation, or occasional water
power.
III. RIVERS ON THE WEST AND SOUTH COAST OF MEXICO.
1st. RIO DE CHIMALAPA, sometimes called also, RIO DE CHICAPA, rises in
the forests and mountains of Tarifa in about 16° 43´ north, 96° 33´ west
from Paris, and debouches in the Pacific, after passing the village of
Tehuantepec. The rivers OBSTULA, NILTEPEC or ESTEPEC,--DE LOS PERROS or
JUCHUITAN, ARENAS, LAGARTERO, OTATES, are small coast streams falling
into the lagunes that border the ocean.
2d. The RIO DE TEHUANTEPEC is formed by the union of two streams, one of
which rises about fifty leagues west north-west of Tehuantepec, near the
village of San Dionisio, whilst the other springs from the mountains of
Lyapi and Quiégolani, in the lands of the Chontales. The two unite seven
leagues north-west of Tehuantepec; and, passing by the village of that
name, this river finally pours into the Pacific, near the small port of
Las Ventosas.
3d. The RIO VERDE rises in the Upper Misteca, eight leagues north of
Oajaca, and falls west of the Cerro de la Plata and of the Lagunas of
Chacahua, into the Pacific. On the coast of Oajaca there are many
smaller streams and rivulets, such as the CHACALAPA, the MANIALTEPEC,
the COLOTEPEC, the SANTA HELENA, the CAPUTITA, the COMUN, the AYUTLA,
the CHICOMETEPEC and the TECOYAMA,--the last of which is the boundary
between the states of Oajaca and Puebla.
4th. The RIO DE TLASCALA, or RIO DE PAPAGALLO, has its source in the
vicinity of the town of Tlascala, in the mountain Atlancatepetl; passes
through the state of Puebla, receives the RIO MEZCALA, out of the state
of Mexico, and enters the Pacific south of the village of Ayulta.
5th. The RIO DE ZACATULA, or RIO BALSAS, originates in the valley of
Istla, in the state of Mexico, and after winding west south-westerly, it
receives the RIOS ZITACUARO, de CHURUMUCO, and del MARQUEZ out of the
state of Michoacan, and passes into the Pacific.
6th. RIO DE AZTALA rises two leagues south-west of the village of
Coalcoman, receives the AGAMILCO, MARUATO and CHICHUCUA, and flows into
the sea between Cachan and Chocóla.
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