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The Usumacinta River (Spanish pronunciation: [usumaˈsinta]; named after the howler monkey) is a river in southeastern Mexico and northwestern Guatemala. It is formed by the junction of the Pasión River, which arises in the Sierra de Santa Cruz (in Guatemala) and the Salinas River, also known as the Rio Chixoy, or the Rio Negro, which descends ...
In 2014, Mexico's border with Guatemala and Belize had 11 formal crossings (10 with Guatemala and 1 with Belize) and more than 370 informal crossings. [8] As part of an effort known as Plan Frontera Sur (Southern Border Plan), which is intended to limit illegal Central American entry into the country, Mexico will increase the number of formal ...
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 ...
From its sources on the southern slopes of the Tacaná volcano in the Sierra Madre range of Guatemala, the 161 km (100 mi) long river flows in a south-southwesterly direction to the border with Mexico at Unión Juárez), past the border towns Talismán and El Carmen, and then Ciudad Tecún Umán and Ciudad Hidalgo (Chiapas) further downstream ...
The Candelaria River is a river of Central America that flows from Guatemala to Laguna de Términos, Mexico, It has a length of about 400 kilometres (250 mi) and drains a basin of 9,228 km 2 (3,563 sq mi).
The Seleguá (Spanish pronunciation:) is a river in Guatemala. The river flows northwards from its sources in the highlands of Huehuetenango, from the Sierra de los Cuchumatanes, until it crosses the border with Mexico at , and continues northwards into the Presa de La Angostura, one of Mexico's largest artificial lakes. The river's length in ...
Border crossers number between twenty and 120 people per day depending on the season. [ 2 ] Besides of people going between Guatemala and Mexico, Bethel's often visits by tourists who goes to or from the otherwise inaccessible Yaxchilan archeological site 25 km downriver by small narrow motor boats called “lanchas”.
The length of the river in Guatemala is 186 km (116 mi). The river flows westwards until it reaches the Mexican border and crosses into the state of Tabasco at 17°16′47″N 90°59′16″W / 17.279636°N 90.987697°W / 17.279636; -90.987697 ( Río San