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 their larger stream's name.

Gulf of Mexico[edit]

The following rivers flow into the Grijalva River in Mexico and are part of the Gulf of Mexico drainage basin.

• Grijalva River (Mexico)
  • Usumacinta River (Guatemala and Mexico)
    • San Pedro River (Guatemala and Mexico)
    • Lacantún River (Mexico)
      • Xalbal River (Xaclbal River)
      • Ixcán River
    • Pasión River (Río de la Pasión)
      • San Juan River
        • Poxte River
      • Machaquila River
      • Cancuén River
    • Salinas River
      • Chixoy River (Río Negro)
        • Salamá River
      • San Román River
  • Seleguá River (Guatemala and Mexico)
    • Nentón River (Guatemala and Mexico)
  • Cuilco River (Guatemala and Mexico)
    • Cabajchum River
      • Tzalá River
    • Las Manzanas River
      • Blanco River (San Marcos)

Gulf of Honduras[edit]

The following rivers are in the Gulf of Honduras drainage basin, which connects to he Gulf of Mexico.

• Hondo River (Río Azul) (Belize and Mexico)
• Belize River (Belize)
  • Mopan River (Guatemala and Belize)
• Moho River (Guatemala and Belize)
• Sarstoon River (Sarstún River) (Guatemala and Belize)
  • Gracias a Dios River
    • Chiyu River
    • Chahal River
  • Franco River
    • Chocón River
• Dulce River
  • Chocón Machacas River
  • Lake Izabal
    • Polochic River
      • Matanzas River
      • Cahabón River
        • Lanquin River
• Motagua River (Guatemala and Honduras)
  • Las Animas River
  • Bobos River
  • Pasabien River
  • Río Grande de Zacapa
    • Jupilingo River
  • Las Vacas River
  • Jalapa River

Pacific Ocean[edit]

The following rivers are in the Pacific Ocean 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
  • El Tambor River
    • Nima I River
    • Nima II River
  • Oc River
• Icán River
  • Sís River
• Nahualate River
  • Ixtacapa River
  • Siguacán River
• Madre Vieja River
• Coyolate River
  • Xaya River
  • San Cristobal River
    • Pantaleón River
• Acomé River
• Achiguate River
• María Linda River
  • Aguacapa River
  • Michatoya River
    • Lake Amatitlán
      • Villalobos River
• Paso Hondo River
• Los Esclavos River
• Paz River (Guatemala, El Salvador)
• Lempa River (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras)
  • Ostúa River

See also[edit]

• List of rivers of the Americas by coastline

References[edit]

• "GEONet Names Server". National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Retrieved June 25, 2021., GEOnet Names Server
• Mapa de Cuencas y Ríos (INSIVUMEH)
• Principales ríos de Guatemala (INSIVUMEH)
• "Water Resources Assessment of Guatemala" (PDF). US Army Corps of Engineers. June 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-01-09. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
• "Guatemala - Surface Water Map" (PDF). US Army Corps of Engineers. June 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-01-09. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
• Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
• Instituto Nacional de Sismologia, Vulcanolgia, Meteorologia e Hidrologia (INSIVUMEH) (in Spanish)