Everything about The Nazas River totally explained
The
Nazas River is located in the North of
Mexico and is shared by the States of
Coahuila and
Durango. It is only 560
km in length (about 250 miles), but irrigates an area of 71,906 km² in the middle of the deserts of Coahuila and Durango states. The Nazas is also nurtured by the San Juan, Ramos, Potreritos, del Oro, Nazas, Santiago, Tepehuanes and Peñón Blanco rivers. The river starts at the Mexican
Sierra Madre Occidental.
The river is the divider between the cities of Gómez Palacio in Durango and Torreón in Coahuila. The town of Torreón is named after a tower that was built in the area by Don Leonardo Zuloaga's administrator, Pedro Santa Cruz, to observe the water level of the Nazas from afar
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The Nazas has served as one of the most important natural resources enabling development in the Lagunera Region since the middle of the 19th century.
All of its waters are locked in the Francisco Zarco and Lazaro Cardenas dams, both located in Durango, which have significantly reduced the once mighty flow of the river. However, the state of Coahuila gets it annual share by mutual agreement between the state governments.
Indeed, on its way, it fills smaller water bodies like the Palmito dam (in Torreon, Coahuila) and the Santiaguillo lagoons. The river ends in the Mayran and the Caiman Lakes in the Tlahualilo region.
There is an amateur annual
kayak competition from Rodeo to Lerdo, both towns, in the State of Durango.
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