title: Taura River
text: # Taura River
  
  2°28′28″S 79°44′58″W﻿ / ﻿2.4745°S 79.7495°W﻿ / -2.4745; -79.7495
  
  The Taura River is a river of Ecuador. It flows into the Churute Estuary in the Gulf of Guayaquil. It gives its name to the shrimp disease Taura syndrome, which was first described in shrimp farms along the river.
  
  