This is a list of rivers in

Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by Hon ...

arranged by drainage basin. This list is arranged by

drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...

, 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 The Gulf of Mexico ( es, Golfo de México) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, largely surrounded by the North American continent. It is bounded on the northeast, north and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United ...

drainage basin. *''

Grijalva River Grijalva River, formerly known as ''Tabasco River'', ( es, Río Grijalva, known locally also as Río Grande de Chiapas, Río Grande and Mezcalapa River) is a long river in southeastern Mexico."Grijalva." ''Merriam-Webster's Geographical Diction ...

(Mexico)'' **

Usumacinta River The Usumacinta River (; named after the howler monkey) is a river in southeastern Mexico and northwestern Guatemala. It is formed by the junction of the Pasión River, which arises in the Sierra de Santa Cruz (in Guatemala) and the Salinas ...

(Guatemala and Mexico) *** San Pedro River (Guatemala and Mexico) ***''Lacantún River (Mexico)'' **** Xalbal River (Xaclbal River) ****

Ixcán River The Ixcán River is a river in Guatemala. The river flows northwards from its sources in the Sierra de los Cuchumatanes in Huehuetenango, marks the border with El Quiché for a number of kilometers, and crosses the border with Mexico at 16.074929� ...

*** Pasión River (Río de la Pasión) **** San Juan River *****

Poxte River Poxte is a river and valley of the Maya Mountains in Guatemala. The valley is noted for numerous Maya sites such as Ixtutz and the Petén Caves. The river is located on the southwest of the Dolores plateau and northwest of Poptún, in the Guate ...

**** Machaquila River **** Cancuén River *** Salinas River **** Chixoy River (Río Negro) *****

Salamá River The Salamá River is a river in Guatemala. The river is fed by a number of streams running down the slopes of the Sierra de las Minas and Sierra de Chuacús and flows in a north-westerly direction through the town of Salamá until it joins the Chi ...

**** San Román River **

Seleguá River The Seleguá () is a river in Guatemala. The river flows northwards from its sources in the highlands of Huehuetenango, from Sierra de los Cuchumatanes, until it crosses the border with Mexico at , and continues northwards into the Presa de La An ...

(Guatemala and Mexico) *** Nentón River (Guatemala and Mexico) **

Cuilco River Río Cuilco is a river in Guatemala. The river's sources are located in the Sierra Madre just north of Cajolá where it is called Río Blanco. The Río Blanco joins the Las Manzanas River which in turn joins the San Isidro River to form the Cu ...

(Guatemala and Mexico) ***

Cabajchum River The Cabajchum River () is a river of Guatemala. See also *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 l ...

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Tzalá River The Tzalá River () is a river in Guatemala. See also *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 larg ...

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Las Manzanas River The Las Manzanas River () is a river of Guatemala. See also *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 ...

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Blanco River (San Marcos) The Blanco River is a river of Guatemala. See also *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 s ...

Gulf of Honduras

The following rivers are in the

Gulf of Honduras The Gulf or Bay of Honduras is a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea, indenting the coasts of Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras. From north to south, it runs for approximately 200 km (125 miles) from Dangriga, Belize, to La Ceiba, Honduras. ...

drainage basin, which connects to he Gulf of Mexico. *'' Hondo River'' (Río Azul) (Belize and Mexico) *''

Belize River The Belize River runs through the center of Belize. It drains more than one-quarter of the country as it winds along the northern edge of the Maya Mountains to the sea just north of Belize City (). The Belize river valley is largely tropical ra ...

(Belize)'' ** Mopan River (Guatemala and Belize) *

Moho River The Moho River is a river of Guatemala and Belize. The river is navigable year round between Santa Teresa and the mouth. See also *List of rivers of Guatemala This is a list of rivers in Guatemala arranged by drainage basin. This list is arr ...

(Guatemala and Belize) *

Sarstoon River The Sarstoon River ( es, link=no, Río Sarstún) is a Central American river that forms part of the international border between Belize and Guatemala. The river's source lies in Guatemala's Alta Verapaz Department. It flows eastward, serving as ...

(Sarstún River) (Guatemala and Belize) ** Gracias a Dios River *** Chiyu River *** Chahal River ** Franco River *** Chocón River * Dulce River ** Chocón Machacas River **

Lake Izabal Lake Izabal (), also known as the Golfo Dulce, is the largest lake in Guatemala with a surface area of 589.6 km² (145,693 acres or 227.6 sq mi) and a maximum depth is 18 m (59 ft). The Polochic River is the largest river that dra ...

*** Polochic River ****Matanzas River ****

Cahabón River The Río Cahabón (Cahabón River) is a river in eastern Guatemala. From its sources in the Sierra de las Minas range in Baja Verapaz it turns north and then east into Alta Verapaz, running through Santa Cruz Verapaz, Tactic, Cobán, San Pedro ...

***** Lanquin River * Motagua River (Guatemala and Honduras) ** Las Animas River ** Bobos River ** Pasabien River **

Río Grande de Zacapa The Río Grande de Zacapa is a river in Guatemala. From its sources in the southern mountain range in the departments of Zacapa and Chiquimula the river flows northwards until it reaches the Motagua River The Motagua River () is a river in Guate ...

*** Jupilingo River **

Las Vacas River The Las Vacas River is a river in Guatemala. It begins in the mountains in the eastern outskirts of Guatemala City and runs in a north-easterly direction to join the Motagua River where the departmental borders of El Progreso, Baja Verapaz and Gu ...

** Jalapa River

Pacific Ocean

The following rivers are in the

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the conti ...

drainage basin: * Suchiate River (Guatemala and Mexico) ** Cabúz River *** Cutzulchimá River ** Ixben River ** Nica River ** Petacalapa River ** Sibinal River * Naranjo River ** Chisna River *** Mujulia River * Ocosito River ** Nil River *** Nima River *

Samalá River The Samalá is a river in southwestern Guatemala. Its sources are in the Sierra Madre, Valle De Écija range, in the departments of Quetzaltenango and Totonicapán. From there it flows down, past the towns San Carlos Sija in the Valle De É ...

El Tambor River The El Tambor River is a river of Guatemala. See also *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 larg ...

*** Nima I River *** Nima II River ** Oc River * Icán River ** Sís River *

Nahualate River The Río Nahualate () is a river in southwest Guatemala Sierra Madre range, in the vicinity of Santa Catarina Ixtahuacán and Nahualá (Sololá). From there it flows southwards through the coastal lowlands of Suchitepéquez and Escuintla Esc ...

** Ixtacapa River ** Siguacán River * Madre Vieja River * Coyolate River ** Xaya River **

San Cristobal River The San Cristobal River ( tl, Ilog ng San Cristobal) commonly known as Matang Tubig River is a river system in the cities of Calamba and Cabuyao, Laguna, Philippines. The river is one of 21 major tributaries of Laguna de Bay. Hydrology The m ...

*** Pantaleón River * Acomé River * Achiguate River * María Linda River ** Aguacapa River ** Michatoya River *** Lake Amatitlán **** Villalobos River * Paso Hondo River *

Los Esclavos River The Río Los Esclavos is a river in Southern Guatemala. Its sources are in the mountains in the southeast of the department of Santa Rosa. From there it flows past the town of Cuilapa through the coastal plains of Santa Rosa into the Laguna de ...

Paz River The Río Paz () is a river in southern Guatemala. Its sources are located in the Quezalapa mountains in the north of Jutiapa. From there it flows in a south-westerly direction and marks the border with El Salvador for most of its course before r ...

(Guatemala, El Salvador) * Lempa River (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras) **

Ostúa River Ostúa River () is a river of El Salvador and Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the ...

References

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Rivers A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...