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Esmeralda County, Nevada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (521 words) |
 | Esmeralda County is a county in the west of U.S. state of Nevada. |
 | Esmeralda County was one of the original counties created in 1861. |
 | Esmeralda grew from a gold mining boom in the first years of the 20th century. |
| Esmeraldas - What's New - Ecuador (1333 words) |
 | Esmeraldas is called "the green province", due to its exuberant vegetation whose deep green hues remind one of the gemstone by the same name (the emerald). |
 | This province is one of the five that form the Coastal Region, It borders on the north with Colombia, on the south with the provinces of Manabi and Pichincha, on the east with Carchi and Imbabura, and on the west with the Pacific Ocean. |
 | The Esmeraldas River, located in northwest Ecuador and 80 km in length, is the main water collector of the region; it is a watercourse whose source is the confluence of innumerable small mountain streams, and two important Andean rivers, the Guayllabamba and the Blanco. |