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The Ameca River (Spanish: Río Ameca) is a river of some 230 km (140 mi) in length in western Mexico. It rises in the Bosque de la Primavera in Jalisco, 23 km to the west of state capital Guadalajara; flows through the city of Ameca; and then forms the boundary between Jalisco and Nayarit on its way to the Pacific Ocean, where it drains into the Bahía de Banderas at Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco. Its main tributaries are the Ahuacatlán and Amatlán de Cañas.

Ameca River
View of the Ameca River
Location of mouth
Location
Country	Mexico
State	Jalisco
Physical characteristics
Mouth
• coordinates	20°40′21″N 105°16′52″W
Length	230 km (140 mi)

The Ameca has been dammed just north of the town of La Vega, Jalisco, forming a reservoir, the Lago La Vega which extends northward to the town of Teuchitlán.

Fish

Several species of fish are only known from the Ameca River basin: the butterfly splitfin, Tequila splitfin, finescale splitfin, banded allotoca, golden skiffia, Amatlan chub, Ameca chub and Ameca shiner. All these are highly threatened.[1][2] The Tequila splitfin, finescale splitfin and golden skiffia are likely extinct in the wild; all three survive in captivity.[3][4][5] The butterfly splitfin and banded allotoca were also thought to be extinct in the wild, but have since been rediscovered.[6][7] The Ameca shiner was once feared entirely extinct, but it too survives in captivity.[3][8] A reintroduction project for the shiner and Tequila splitfin was initiated in 2015.[3]

References

На других языках

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[de] Río Ameca

Der Río Ameca ist ein Fluss im Westen von Mexiko und etwa 230 km lang. Er entspringt bei Bosque de la Primavera, 23 km westlich von Guadalajara. Zunächst führt sein Verlauf in Richtung Westen durch die gleichnamige Stadt Ameca. Auf dem Weg zur Mündung bildet er einige Kilometer die Grenze zwischen den zwei mexikanischen Bundesstaaten Jalisco und Nayarit. Schließlich mündet er in der Nähe von Puerto Vallarta in den Pazifischen Ozean. Der Ameca ist auch die Heimat der Ameca-Kärpflinge.

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- [en] Ameca River

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