Artibonite River

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The Artibonite (French) or Río Artibonito (Spanish; hatitianisch: Latibonit ) is the longest river on the island of Hispaniola.

History and inflows

The Artibonite rises at the foot of the nalga de Maco in the mountains of the Cordillera Central in the Dominican Republic. From there it runs in a south-westerly direction, then parallel to the Dominican - Haitian border, a few kilometers east of it, to the hamlet of Pedro Santana. By Pedro Santana he is on a short section, to the confluence of the Río Macasías, the border river. From there it flows through Haiti, first by the Département du Centre, then by the eponymous department of Artibonite. North of Saint -Marc opens the Artibonite at Grand Saline in the Gulf of Gonâve. At the Artibonite are, inter alia, the towns of Mirebalais and Verrettes.

Its main tributaries are Rivière Boucan Carré, Rivière Estére, Rivière Fer -à-Cheval, Rivière Guayamouc, Rivière Libon, Rivière Macasia, Rivière Rivière La Tombe and Thomonde.

Use

The Artibonite is used in the vicinity of Mirebalais and especially from Verrettes until shortly before the mouth to irrigate the adjacent fields.

At the power plant of the Péligre dam 25 percent of Haiti's electricity will be produced. The dam was at its completion in 1957 of the then highest in the world. The dam has a capacity of 328 million m³. Another hydropower plant named " Artibonite 4C " is being planned.