Coco River

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The Wangki river in Miskitu or Río Coco, in Spanish, formerly known as the Río Segovia, Cape River,[1] or Yara River,[2] is a river located on the border of northern Nicaragua and southern Honduras. It is the longest river that runs entirely within the Central American Isthmus with a total length of Template:Cvt.[3]

The river originates in the Somoto Canyon National Monument, near where the Pan American Highway crosses into Nicaragua, and flows through low mountainous terrain Script error: No such module "convert". into the Caribbean Sea at Cabo Gracias a Dios; the middle and lower reaches form the Honduras-Nicaragua border.

On September 7, 2007, major international news wires reported that the Río Coco was over Script error: No such module "convert". above normal stage, two days after Category 5 Hurricane Felix made landfall.

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See also

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  1. Cape River-Capua, Chest of Books website, accessed 8 March 2010.
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