The Chocón Machacas River is a river in eastern
Guatemala
Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically b ...
. The sources of the river
[Castillo Lemus: 12] are on the eastern slopes of the
Sierra de Santa Cruz at . From there it flows in a generally west-south-west direction into the
Golfete Dulce
Lake El Golfete is a long narrow lake in Guatemala. It lies at sea level and is fed by the Dulce River (Guatemala), Dulce River from Lake Izabal draining to the Amatique Bay in the Caribbean Sea.
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Lakes of Guatemala, El Golfete
G ...
. The Chocón Machacas and
Golfete Dulce
Lake El Golfete is a long narrow lake in Guatemala. It lies at sea level and is fed by the Dulce River (Guatemala), Dulce River from Lake Izabal draining to the Amatique Bay in the Caribbean Sea.
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Lakes of Guatemala, El Golfete
G ...
complex forms one of Guatemala's few remaining habitats for the endangered
Caribbean manatee (''
Trichechus manatus
The West Indian manatee (''Trichechus manatus''), also known as the North American manatee, is a large, aquatic mammal native to warm coastal areas of the Caribbean, from the Eastern United States to northern Brazil. Living alone or in herds, it ...
'').
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Rivers of Guatemala
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