Manzanares River (South America)

This article is about the river in Venezuela. For the river in Spain, see Manzanares (river).

The Manzanares is an 80 km long river in Venezuela. It flows into the Caribbean Sea.

Manzanares
View of the Manzanares River
Location of mouth
Location
Country	Venezuela
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Turimiquire Range
• elevation	ca 2,000 m (6,600 ft)
Mouth
• location	Cariaco Gulf, Caribbean
• coordinates	10°27′N 64°10′W
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	80 km (50 mi)
Basin size	1,066 km2 (412 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	17.48 m3/s (617 cu ft/s)

By the shores of the Manzanares in 1900

Course

The source of the Manzanares is at the 2,200 metres (7,200 ft) high Turimiquire Range in Sucre State. The river flows roughly northwards for about 80 km (50 mi) by Cumanacoa. Finally it flows by City of Cumaná into the Cariaco Gulf of the Caribbean.^[1]

History

Historically this river had also been known as the 'Cumaná River', for it has an iconic value in the city of Cumaná.^[2]

Alexander von Humboldt praised the pleasant atmosphere of the river banks in his travelogue Personal Narrative of a Journey to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent (1814–29)^[3]

In 2012, Hurricane Isaac caused heavy rain in the area and the Manzanares overflowed its banks in the town of Cumanacoa inundating approximately 1,200 homes many of which were damaged and a few destroyed.^[4] Some residents had to be airlifted to safety. Similar flooding occurred elsewhere in the country, such as in Caracas where 40 families had to be evacuated.^[5]

This river is the subject of Rio Manzanares, a famous Parang song composed by José Antonio López in Cumaná in 1958.^[6]

See also

• List of rivers of Venezuela
• Parang

References

1. El Gran Turimiquire: Trono de los Dioses y manantial del Oriente venezolano
2. "Memoria Fotográfica de la Ciudad de Cumaná / El Río Manzanares". Archived from the original on 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
3. Alexander von Humboldt, Personal Narrative of a Journey to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent, Chapter 4 "First stay in Cumaná; the Manzanares River banks"
4. "Tormenta tropical 'Isaac' deja dos muertos en Venezuela". Reuters (in Spanish). Noticieros Televisa. August 25, 2012. Retrieved November 22, 2012.
5. "Tropical storm lashes Isaac Venezuela". El Universal. August 27, 2012. Retrieved November 22, 2012.
6. Rio Manzanares - Parang

External links

• Media related to Manzanares River (Venezuela) at Wikimedia Commons
• Environmental conditions of the waters of the Manzanares River, Cumaná-Sucre, Venezuela
• Manzanares, la vuelta al Parque Ayacucho