Panama Chagres river map
Panama Chagres River Map below shows some of the locations visited by Adventures Panama trips while paddling on river rafts at the river upper section by Chagres National Park, and them on expedition kayaks.
The Chagres River collects tributaries along its path through the isthmus such as Piedras, Limpio, Chico, Indio, San Juan, Boqueron to them, when its path is closer to the Pacific Ocean at Gamboa, turn northwest toward the Atlantic Ocean.
It has been damped twice, at Madden Dam to form Madden Lake which is used as a water reservoir to be used at the dry season for the Panama Canal. Then it is also damped again further downstream with the Gatun Dam to create Gatun Lake where ships crossing the canal reach its highest section.
The water level of Gatun Lake is kept operative during the dry season by feeding on it water stored at the Madden Lake during the rainy season.
From the Panama Chagres River Map above, it is easy to understand why Panama has always being the favorite commerce transit route across the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
WYD World Youth Date Panama 2019
UnpublishedWORLD YOUTH DATE PANAMA 2019
“I am the servant of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word.” (Luke 1:38)
The next international World Youth Day celebration will be held in Panama from January 22 – 27, 2019 according to local Archbishop José Domingo Ulloa Mendieta.
The event will be hosted during the winter months to avoid the country’s rainy season, which occurs in July and August and overlaps with the traditional dates for WYD.
In a previous press interview the Apostolic Nuncio in Panama, Archbishop Andrés Carrascosa Coso, assured the world that the organization of this enormous global event does not exceed the country’s capabilities.
The event to be hosted by Panama is expected to be much smaller than previous WYDs; Panama is expecting to host about 500,000 pilgrims, significantly fewer than the 2.4 million and 3.7 million pilgrims estimated to have attended WYD Krakow 2016 and Rio 2013.