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Lempa
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Lempa (lām`pä), river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, rising in Guatemala and flowing S through Honduras into El Salvador, then generally S to the Pacific Ocean. An important stream, it waters the fertile Lempa valley, largely within El Salvador, which supports a dense agricultural population.
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The Copinolapa, Los Pueblos, San Francisco, San Isidro, Titihuapa, and Lempa rivers, some of which are used for drinking water, are especially vulnerable.
LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN EL SALVADOR FIGHT GOLD MINING by NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs
Peers Archbishop and Primate IN LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN Healing Communities in El Salvador The school I visited in the town of Santa Marta told a compelling story of the recent past--a mural done by children shows people fleeing across the Lempa River to refugee camps in Honduras while shots from helicopters picked them off one by one and the river ran with blood.
PWRDF (The Primate's World Relief and Development Fund) 1999 Annual ... by Michael Peers, and others / Anglican Journal
It has identified the Lempa River basin as of strategic national importance because of the food, water and energy available in the short and long term.
Central America's struggle for sustainability by Devereux, Peter / Habitat Australia
 
 
 
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