List of rivers of Guatemala
This is a list of rivers in Guatemala arranged by drainage basin. This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
Gulf of Mexico
The following rivers flow into the Grijalva River in Mexico and are part of the Gulf of Mexico drainage basin.
- Grijalva River (Mexico)
- Usumacinta River (Guatemala and Mexico)
- San Pedro River (Guatemala and Mexico)
- Lacantún River (Mexico)
- Xalbal River (Xaclbal River)
- Ixcán River
- Pasión River (Río de la Pasión)
- Salinas River
- Chixoy River (Río Negro)
- San Román River
- Seleguá River (Guatemala and Mexico)
- Nentón River (Guatemala and Mexico)
- Cuilco River (Guatemala and Mexico)
- Usumacinta River (Guatemala and Mexico)
Gulf of Honduras
The following rivers are in the Gulf of Honduras drainage basin, which connects to he Gulf of Mexico.
- Hondo River (Río Azul) (Belize and Mexico)
- Belize River (Belize)
- Mopan River (Guatemala and Belize)
- Moho River (Guatemala and Belize)
- Sarstoon River (Sarstún River) (Guatemala and Belize)
- Gracias a Dios River
- Chiyu River
- Chahal River
- Franco River
- Chocón River
- Gracias a Dios River
- Dulce River
- Chocón Machacas River
- Lake Izabal
- Polochic River
- Matanzas River
- Cahabón River
- Lanquin River
- Polochic River
- Motagua River (Guatemala and Honduras)
- Las Animas River
- Bobos River
- Pasabien River
- Río Grande de Zacapa
- Las Vacas River
- Jalapa River
Pacific Ocean
The following rivers are in the Pacific Ocean drainage basin:
- Suchiate River (Guatemala and Mexico)
- Cabúz River
- Cutzulchimá River
- Ixben River
- Nica River
- Petacalapa River
- Sibinal River
- Cabúz River
- Naranjo River
- Chisna River
- Mujulia River
- Chisna River
- Ocosito River
- Nil River
- Nima River
- Nil River
- Samalá River
- Icán River
- Nahualate River
- Madre Vieja River
- Coyolate River
- Acomé River
- Achiguate River
- María Linda River
- Paso Hondo River
- Los Esclavos River
- Paz River (Guatemala, El Salvador)
- Lempa River (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras)
References
- "GEONet Names Server". National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Retrieved June 25, 2021., GEOnet Names Server
- Mapa de Cuencas y Ríos (INSIVUMEH)
- Principales ríos de Guatemala (INSIVUMEH)
- "Water Resources Assessment of Guatemala" (PDF). US Army Corps of Engineers. June 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-01-09. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
- "Guatemala - Surface Water Map" (PDF). US Army Corps of Engineers. June 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-01-09. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
- Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
- Instituto Nacional de Sismologia, Vulcanolgia, Meteorologia e Hidrologia (INSIVUMEH) (in Spanish)
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