The Salinas is a river in

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. The river is called Río Negro from its sources (located at ) in the highlands of Huehuetenango and

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until it reaches the Chixoy hydroelectric dam (located at ), where the Río Salama and Rio Carchela converge with the Río Negro. After the Chixoy dam, the river is called Río Chixoy and flows northwards through Alta Verapaz until it reaches the border with

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. From there on it continues along the border for as the Salinas river until it finally converges with the Río de la Pasión (at ) to form the

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river which flows into the

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. Guatemala's National Institute for Electricity (INDE) is planning the construction of a new hydroelectric dam on the Chixoy river. The proposed location of the Xalalá hydroelectric dam is situated at . in the municipality of Ixcán,

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Map of Guatemala including the river
Rivers of Guatemala Rivers of Mexico Guatemala–Mexico border International rivers of North America Geography of Mesoamerica Geography of the Petén Department Border rivers Usumacinta River {{Mexico-river-stub

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