EIVERS OF SAN DOMINGO. 



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largest stream on the north, side, and the Neyba, or Yaqui Chico (" LittJe 

 Yaqui"), the largest on the south side. From the Cibao range also flows a 

 main branch of the Artibonite (Atibonico of the Indians), largest river on the 

 west side and in the whole island. After collecting all its affluents from the 

 uplands this watercourse enters the Haiti territory as a considerable stream, 

 navisrable for small craft for some distance from its mouth. 



Fig. 191.— OzAMA AND Betjjtielas Basins. 

 Scale 1 : 1,600,000. 



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69'50. West oF Greenwich 



69°30' 



Depths. 



to 100 

 Fathoms. 



100 Fathoms 

 and upwards. 



— 30 Miles. 



On the east slope the largest basin is that of the Yuna, which flows to 

 Samana Bay. The plain traversed by this river belongs to the same depression 

 as that of the Great Yaqui, the uncertain waterparting between the two basins 

 being scarcely 680 feet high. This is the magnificent region to which Columbus 

 gave the name of Yega Real. 



Amongst the secondary rivers one of the most copious is the Ozama, which 

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