Somoto Canyon National Monument
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Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources |
Somoto Canyon National Monument (Spanish: Monumento Nacional Cañón de Somoto) is a canyon located in the Madriz Department of Nicaragua. The Somoto Canyon National Monument protected area covers an area of approximately 170 hectares (420 acres),[3] of which 125 hectares (310 acres) are in the actual zone of the canyon.
The confluence of the Tapacalí and Comali Rivers at the head of the canyon form the Coco River, which flows through the canyon and onward 750 kilometres (470 mi) to the Caribbean Sea.[2][4]
The Somoto Canyon was declared a
Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources
(MARENA).
History
The Somoto Canyon had not been explored systematically until a group of scientists from the
See also
- Somoto
- Tourism in Nicaragua
References
- ^ UNEP-WCMC (2022). Protected Area Profile for Cañón de Somoto from the World Database of Protected Areas. Accessed 28 March 2022. [1]
- ^ a b Cañon De Somoto National Monument protectedplanet.net
- ^ a b c "Somoto Canyon declared National Monument". ViaNica. Retrieved 2007-08-08.
- ^ a b Aragón R., William. "Desentrañando el Gran Cañón". La Prensa (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2007-08-07. Retrieved 2007-08-08.
- ^ "Asamblea declara monumento nacional al cañón de Somoto". Radio La Primerísima (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2007-06-11. Retrieved 2007-08-08.
- ^ Pérez R., Wilder. "Limpian Cañón de Somoto". La Prensa (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-08-08.
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