The Lalana River is a river of

Oaxaca Oaxaca, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca, is one of the 32 states that compose the political divisions of Mexico, Federative Entities of the Mexico, United Mexican States. It is divided into municipalities of Oaxaca, 570 munici ...

and

Veracruz Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entit ...

states of

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

. It originates in the Sierra de Villa Alta sub-range of the

Sierra Madre de Oaxaca The Sierra Madre de Oaxaca is a mountain range in southeastern Mexico. It is primarily in the state of Oaxaca, and extends north into the states of Puebla and Veracruz. Geography The mountain range begins at Pico de Orizaba, and extends in a sout ...

in Oaxaca, and flows northeastwards onto the

Gulf Coastal Plain The Gulf Coastal Plain extends around the Gulf of Mexico in the Southern United States and eastern Mexico. This coastal plain reaches from the Florida Panhandle, southwest Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, the southern two-thirds of Alabama, over m ...

, where it joins the

Trinidad River The Trinidad River (Mexico) is a river of Oaxaca state in Mexico. It originates in the Sierra de Villa Alta sub-range of the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca and flows northeastwards onto the Gulf Coastal Plain, where it joins the Lalana River to form the ...

in Veracruz to form the San Juan River. The San Juan is a tributary of the

Papaloapan River The Papaloapan River () is one of the main rivers of the Political divisions of Mexico, Mexican state of Veracruz (state), Veracruz. Its name comes from the Nahuatl ''papaloapan'' meaning "river of the Butterfly, butterflies". In 1518 Juan de Grij ...

, which empties into the

Gulf of Mexico The Gulf of Mexico () is an oceanic basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, mostly surrounded by the North American continent. It is bounded on the northeast, north, and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United States; on the southw ...

. The lower Lalana River forms a portion of the boundary between Oaxaca and Veracruz.

References

* *The Prentice Hall American World Atlas, 1984. *Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993. Papaloapan River Rivers of Oaxaca Rivers of Veracruz Sierra Madre de Oaxaca {{Mexico-river-stub

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