Grande River
Grande River is a stream in Panamá Province, Panama. Grande River is situated nearby to the hamlet Pedro Miguel, as well as near Paraíso.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Centennial Bridge and Miraflores Visitors Center.
Centennial Bridge
Bridge
Panama's Centennial Bridge is a major bridge crossing the Panama Canal. It was built to supplement the overcrowded Bridge of the Americas and to replace it as the carrier of the Pan-American Highway. Centennial Bridge is situated 2½ km northwest of Grande River.
Miraflores Visitors Center
Museum
Photo: Youngiovani, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Miraflores Visitors Center is a museum, which is situated 3½ km southeast of Grande River.
Miraflores Locks
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Miraflores is the name of one of the three locks that form part of the Panama Canal, and the name of the small lake that separates these locks from the Pedro Miguel Locks upstream. Miraflores Locks is situated 3½ km southeast of Grande River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Paraíso and City of Knowledge.
Paraíso
Hamlet
Paraíso is a town in the Republic of Panama, located just north of the Panama Canal's Pedro Miguel Locks. It was a vibrant township of the old Canal Zone, though it was segregated for most of its history.
City of Knowledge
Village
Photo: Ayaita, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Panama's Ciudad del Saber is a government-sponsored cluster of academic organizations, technology companies and non-governmental organizations, managed by the foundation of the same name. City of Knowledge is situated 4 km southeast of Grande River.
Culebra Reach
Locality
The Culebra Cut, formerly called Gaillard Cut, is an artificial valley that cuts through the Continental Divide in Panama. The cut forms part of the Panama Canal, linking Gatun Lake, and thereby the Atlantic Ocean, to the Gulf of Panama and hence the Pacific Ocean. Culebra Reach is situated 6 km northwest of Grande River.
Grande River
- Type: Stream
- Category: body of water
- Location: Panamá Province, Panama, Central America, North America
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Latitude
9.0166° or 9° 0′ 60″ northLongitude
-79.61541° or 79° 36′ 56″ westElevation
24 metres (79 feet)Open location code
67X2298M+JRGeoNames ID
3709038
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Grande River” goes by many names.
- Portuguese: “Río Grande”
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Localities in the Area
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