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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