List of rivers of Mexico

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This is a list of rivers of Mexico, listed from north to south. Alternate names for rivers are given in parenthesis.

Contents 1 Rivers flowing into the Gulf of Mexico 2 Rivers flowing into the Pacific Ocean 3 Rivers in Endorheic basins 4 Sources

[edit] Rivers flowing into the Gulf of Mexico

• Río Bravo del Norte
  • San Juan River
    • Pesquería River
      • Salinas River
  • Salado River
    • Sabinas Hidalgo River
    • Candela River
    • Sabinas River
  • Conchos River
    • Chuviscar River
      • Sacramento River
    • San Pedro River
    • Florido River
      • Parral River
    • Balleza River (San Juan River)
• San Fernando River (Conchos River)
• Soto La Marina River (Santander River)
  • Purificación River
• Pánuco River
  • Tamesí River (Guayalejo River)
  • Chicayán River
  • Santa Maria River (Tamuín River) (Tampoán River)
    • Río Verde
  • Moctezuma River
    • Tempoal River
    • Amajac River
    • Extoraz River
    • Tula River
• Tuxpan River (Túxpam River)
  • Pantepec River
  • Vinazco River
• Cazones River
• Necaxa River (Tecolutla River)
• Nautla River
  • Bobos River
• Actopan River
• Antigua River (Pescados River)
• Jamapa River
  • Cotaxtla River (Atoyac River)
• Papaloapan River
  • San Juan River
    • Lalana River
    • Trinidad River
  • Tesechoacan River
    • Playa Vicente River
  • Tonto River
    • Amapa River
  • Santo Domingo River
    • Salado River (Zapotitlán River)
    • Río Grande
  • Valle Nacional River
• Coatzacoalcos River
  • Uspanapa River (Uxpanapa River)
  • Jaltepec River
  • Sarabia River
  • El Corte River
• Tonalá River (Pedregal River)
• Grijalva River (Tabasco River) (Río Chiapa)
  • Usumacinta River
    • San Pedro y San Pablo River (distributary)
    • San Pedro River
    • Lacantún River
      • Jataté River
    • Salinas River (Chixoy River)
  • Tulija River
  • Chilapa River
  • Tacotalpa River
    • Teapa River
  • La Venta River
    • Encajonado River
  • Suchiapa River
  • Santo Domingo River
  • Cuilco River
• Candelaria River
• Champotón River
• Hondo River
  • Blue Creek

[edit] Rivers flowing into the Pacific Ocean

• Tijuana River
  • Las Palmas River
• San Vicente River
• San Antonio River
• Del Rosario River
• San Andres River
• Soledad River
• Arroyo Salado River
• Colorado River
  • Hardy River
  • Gila River
    • Santa Cruz River
    • San Pedro River
• Sonoyta River
• Concepción River (Magdalena River)
  • Altar River
• Sonora River
  • San Miguel River (Horcasitas River)
• Mátape River (Malapo River)
• Yaqui River
  • Moctezuma River
  • Sahuaripa River
  • Bavispe River (Bavisque River)
  • Aros River
    • Mulatos River
    • Tutuaca River
    • Sirupa River
      • Tomochic River
      • Papigochic River
• Mayo River
• Fuerte River
  • Oteros River
  • Urique River
    • Río Verde
• Sinaloa River (Mohinora River)
• Culiacán River
  • Humaya River
  • Tamazula River
• San Lorenzo River
• Piaxtla River
  • Elota River
• Presidio River
• Baluarte River
• Cañas River
• Acaponeta River
• Río San Pedro Mezquital
  • Animas River
• Río Grande de Santiago
  • Mololoa River
  • Huaynamota River (Jesus Maria River)
    • Atengo River
  • Bolaños River
    • Colotlán River
      • Jerez River
    • Mezquitic River
  • Juchipila River
    • Calvillo River
  • Río Verde (Río San Pedro)
    • Los Lagos River
  • Calderón River
  • Lake Chapala
    • Lerma River
      • Turbio River
      • Guanajuato River
      • Apaseo River
        • Laja River
    • Zula River
    • Huaracha River
    • Duero River
• Ameca River
  • Mascota River
  • Atenguillo River
  • Remus River
• Tomatlán River
• San Nicolás River
• Purificación River
• Chacala River (Cihuatlán River)
• Armería River (Ayuquila River) (Ayutla River)
• Tuxpan River (Coahuayana River)
• Coalcomán River
• Aguililla River
• Balsas River (Mezcala River) (Atoyac River)
  • Tepalcatepec River (Río Grande)
    • Cupatitzio River (Del Marques River)
  • Río del Oro
  • Cutzamala River
    • Ixtapan River
    • Temascaltepec River
    • Bejucos River
  • Amacuzac River
    • Yautepec River
  • Tlapaneco River
  • Nexapa River
  • Mixteco River
    • Acatlán River
  • San Martín River
  • Zahuapan River
• Atoyac River
• Papagayo River
  • Omitlán River
• Ometepec River
  • Quetzala River
• Atoyac River (Río Verde)
  • Sordo River
    • Atoyaquillo River (Putla River)
• Colotepec River
• Copalita River
• Tehuantepec River (Quiechapa River)
  • Tequisistlán River
• Suchiate River

[edit] Rivers in Endorheic basins

• New River flows to Salton Sea.

Endorheic basin in northern Chihuahua:

• Casas Grandes River
• Santa Maria River
• Carmen River (Santa Clara River)

Endorheic basin of Bolsón de Mapimí:

• Aguanaval River
  • Trujillo River
• Nazas River (Río del Oro)
  • Sextín River
  • Ramos River (Santiago River)
    • Tepehuanes River

[edit] Sources

• Atlas of Mexico, 1975 (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/atlas_mexico/river_basins.jpg).
• The Prentice Hall American World Atlas, 1984.
• National Geographic Atlas of the World, 1992.
• Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
• The Columbia Gazetteer of North America, 2000.
• MSN Encarta World Atlas, 2008 (http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/mapcenter/map.aspx).

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