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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 ...
Article 3 of the treaty of September 27, 1882, defines the Guatemala-Mexico border as follows: [1] The line along the middle of the Suchiate River, from a point situated in the sea three leagues from its mouth, up river, along its deepest channel, as far as the point [Vertice de Muxbal] where the same river intersects the vertical plane that passes the highest part of the volcano of Tacana ...
The Suchiate River (Spanish: Río Suchiate, Spanish pronunciation: [suˈtʃjate]) is a river that marks the southwesternmost part of the border between Mexico (state of Chiapas) and Guatemala (department of San Marcos).
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 ...
Map showing major rivers in Mexico. Among the longest rivers of Mexico are 26 streams of at least 250 km (160 mi). In the case of rivers such as the Colorado, the length listed in the table below is solely that of the main stem. [1] In the case of the Grijalva and Usumacinta, it is the combined lengths of two river systems that share a delta. [2]
The Chixoy River or Río Chixoy is a river in Guatemala. The river is called Río Negro from its sources in the highlands of Huehuetenango and El Quiché until it reaches the Chixoy hydroelectric dam (located at 15°16′54″N 90°29′27″W / 15.281536°N 90.490952°W / 15.281536; -90.490952 ( Chixoy Hidroelectric Dam ...
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 ...
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).