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Caroni River (Trinidad and Tobago)
The Caroni River is the largest river in Trinidad and Tobago. It originates in the Northern Range on the island of Trinidad, drains the northern lowlands of the Caroni Plains and enters the Gulf of Paria at the Caroni Swamp.
The Caroni River and its tributaries drain one of the most densely populated part of Trinidad, the "East-West Corridor", and also provides most of its drinking water through the Caroni-Arena Dam. Point and non-point pollution is thus a major concern, as is the deforestation of its watershed on the southern slopes of the Northern Range.
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