El Salvador field notes, v4501
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Mt. Cacaguatique Region Mt. Cacaguatique, Dept., San Miguel, Salvador from November 21, 1925 until December 23, 1925. Mt. Cacaguatique, erroneously termed Volcan Cacaguatique on the maps of El Salvador and by the natives, is one of the highest points of a short spur of the great transcontinental divide, in the north and eastern part of El Salvador Central America. The water from the north slopes of this small range are carried by numerous streamlets into the Rio Triola which flows almost directly westward where it joins the Rio Tempa which at this point turns from its easterly course and flows nearly due south into the Pacific Ocean. The streams on the south and west end of these mountains flow toward the Rio Tempa gradually increasing in size as they join until they finally flow into the larger river. At the eastern end the water flows into streams then rivers which empty into the Bay of Fonseca, The rock of this region is obviously volcanic but not cased by isolated volcanos in the locality since there are many cliffs which have a more or less regular formation and show evidences of faulting and slipping. The soil a luminous sandy clay type is very loose and erodes rapidly where