Choluteca River
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The Choluteca River (Spanish: Río Grande o Choluteca) is a river in southern Honduras. Its source is in the department of Francisco Morazán, near Lepaterique (south-west Tegucigalpa), and from there it flows North through the city of Tegucigalpa, then South through the department of El Paraíso, and the department and city of Choluteca. The mouth of the river -located among wetland- is near the coastal town of Cedeño, on the Gulf of Fonseca.
According to FAO, the Choluteca River has 349 km of extension from his source to his mouth. Its hydrographic basin has an area of 7,681 km². It increases his volume between May and October, together with the rainy season. Although his basin is affected by severe drought together with El Niño phenomenon, it is usually associated to severe bush fires.
Until now, there is no dams built along his main course.
The flooding of this river was a major source of destruction in Hurricane Mitch in 1998. It washed out entire neighborhoods in Tegucigalpa, and eventually swelled to six times its normal size in Choluteca. There it destroyed neighborhoods and part of the commercial center. Further down also devastated the tiny Morolica, where not only destructed the entire hamlet but nearly all its inhabitants passed away or disappeared.
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