The Tinto River is a river in
Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, ...
. It is a tributary of the
Guayape River
The Guayape River (Spanish: Río Guayape) is a major river that drains much of the Department of Olancho and central Honduras. The largest tributary to the Guayape is the Río Jalán, which joins it at El Plomo, not far from the town of Jutical ...
.
Etymology
The Tinto was also called the Cuyamel, as of 1850.
See also
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List of rivers of Honduras
Among the most important rivers in Honduras is the Ulúa, which flows 400 kilometres (250 mi) through the economically important Valle de Sula. Numerous other rivers drain the interior highlands and empty north into the Caribbean Sea. The Pacific ...
References
Footnotes
Sources
*Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
*CIA map:
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*UN map:
:Image:Un-honduras.pngGoogle Maps
Rivers of Honduras
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