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Altered Freshwater Flows to Estuaries: Yuna River Watershed and Samana Bay, Dominican Republic: Draft Profile. Includes: Ortiz, A. Appendix 1: Water Budget of the Yuna River Watershed. Narragansett, RI: Coastal Resources Center, University of Rhode Island and The Nature
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Altered Freshwater Flows to Estuaries: Yuna River Watershed and Samana Bay, Dominican Republic: Draft Profile. Includes: Ortiz, A. Appendix 1: Water Budget of the Yuna River Watershed. Narragansett, RI: Coastal Resources Center, University of Rhode Island and The Nature
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filled with rice and cocoa cultivation. The easternmost segment of the Yuna past the mouth of the CamĂş River has the most s-shaped curves of any segment in its course. The Yuna continues to decrease in elevation as it heads east reaching 24 m (78.74 feet) above sea level upon entering Duarte
674:(Jim Tobey, 2004), 'agrochemical use for rice cultivation in the Yuna watershed is contributing to loss in soil fertility and to increases in pests, weeds, and diseases. Consequently, this requires further increases in the already high use of the same agrochemicals.' (Tobey, 2004, 31)
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386:Hatillo Dam
329:Nigua River
310:Tributaries
266: /
177: /
1333:Categories
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890:August 17,
859:2012-08-17
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802:2012-08-09
773:2012-08-19
719:2012-08-09
694:References
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625:Samaná Bay
613:marshlands
581:Villa Riva
541:CamĂş River
504:(Spanish:
494:Yujo River
394:Samaná Bay
388:(Spanish:
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352:Yuna River
325:CamĂş River
297:Basin size
254:69°37′24″W
251:19°11′47″N
210:Samaná Bay
165:70°25′05″W
162:18°47′16″N
22:Yuna River
1317:19 August
1135:Bing Maps
1111:Bing Maps
1087:Bing Maps
1063:Bing Maps
971:Bing Maps
854:Bing Maps
713:Bing Maps
455:El Torito
442:watershed
434:sea level
76:Provinces
617:cienegas
576:Rivers.
561:wetlands
553:Santiago
410:Santiago
357:RĂo Yuna
52:Location
25:RĂo Yuna
916:(Map).
793:(Map).
678:Geology
649:Sánchez
633:Sánchez
605:Arenoso
593:lagoons
549:La Vega
226:Sánchez
57:Country
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470:Blanco
404:Course
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289:Length
230:Samaná
122:Source
99:Cities
93:Samaná
89:Duarte
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688:Bonao
645:delta
574:Yaiba
570:Nigua
537:cocoa
525:CotuĂ
510:CotuĂ
426:Bonao
382:CotuĂ
370:Bonao
205:Mouth
137:Bonao
107:CotuĂ
103:Bonao
1319:2012
998:ISBN
892:2012
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