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La Cuenca del Río Guayas desemboca en las provincias de Santa Elena, Guayas, Manabí, Santo Domingo, Los Ríos, Cotopaxi, Tungurahua, Chimborazo, Bolívar y Cañar. Esta cuenca tiene una extensión de 53 299 km² y es una de las más grandes riquezas potenciales con que cuenta Ecuador. Se trata de la mayor cuenca hidrográfica de la costa del ...
It is on the Guayas River about 60 km (40 mi) north of the Gulf of Guayaquil, near the Equator. Guayaquil faces major earthquake threats due to its soil stratigraphy and location on the ring of fire and the south of the North-Andean subduction zone.
Guayas River, river system of the coastal lowlands of Ecuador. Its eastern tributaries rise on the western slopes of the Andes and descend to drain the wet lowlands. Official usage as to how much of the system should be called the Guayas River differs; the name is certainly applied to the unified.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The most important river in the province is the Daule River, which flows from the north to join the Babahoyo River to form the Guayas river. The province is part of the largest river basin in South America west of the Andes Mountains .
The Guayas River is not only one of Ecuador’s most important natural resources, it also forms the largest river basin on the Pacific coast of South America.
The city lies at the mouth of the Guayas River basin, a zone of approximately 25,000 square miles (65,000 square kilometers) of exceptionally fertile land with countless navigable rivers. These geographic advantages have helped make Guayaquil the commercial heart of Ecuador.
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