Valle Nacional River
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The Valle Nacional River is a river of Oaxaca
state in Mexico
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The river originates in the Sierra Juárez, Oaxaca
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The ecology of the region, originally one of pine forests, is threatened by logging, agriculture and grazing.
The Valle Nacional flows past San Juan Bautista Valle Nacional
, and joins the Santo Domingo River
to the southwest of San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec
to form the Papaloapan River
.
Oaxaca
Oaxaca , , officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca is one of the 31 states which, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided into 571 municipalities; of which 418 are governed by the system of customs and traditions...
state in Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
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The river originates in the Sierra Juárez, Oaxaca
Sierra Juárez, Oaxaca
The Sierra Juárez is a range of mountains in Oaxaca state, Mexico between latitudes 17°20'-17°50'N and longitudes 96°15'-97°00'W, with an area of about 1,700 km².It is part of the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca....
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The ecology of the region, originally one of pine forests, is threatened by logging, agriculture and grazing.
The Valle Nacional flows past San Juan Bautista Valle Nacional
San Juan Bautista Valle Nacional
San Juan Bautista Valle Nacional is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 394.23 km² within the Sierra Juárez mountains.It is part of the Tuxtepec District of the Papaloapan Region....
, and joins the Santo Domingo River
Santo Domingo River (Oaxaca)
The Santo Domingo River in Oaxaca state, Mexico is one of the main tributaries of the Papaloapan River, rising in the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca and flowing east towards San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec, above which it joins with the Valle Nacional River to form the Papaloapan.Carrying sediment from the...
to the southwest of San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec
San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec
San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec , or simply referred to as Tuxtepec, is the head of the municipality by the same name and is the second most populous city of the Mexican state of Oaxaca....
to form the Papaloapan River
Papaloapan River
The Papaloapan River is one of the main rivers of the Mexican state of Veracruz. Its name is derived from the Nahuatl papalotl and apan ....
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