Nahualate River

Nahualate River
(Río Nahualate)
Origin Guatemala (Sololá, Suchitepéquez)
Mouth Pacific Ocean
Basin countries Guatemala
Length 130 km
Source elevation 3,000 m (Santa Catarina Ixtahuacán)
14°52′53″N 91°17′15″W / 14.881253°N 91.287546°W
Mouth elevation 0 m (Pacific Ocean)
14°02′45″N 91°32′18″W / 14.045877°N 91.538343°W
Avg. discharge 60.8 m³/s (at San Mauricio)

The Río Nahualate (Spanish pronunciation: [nawaˈlate]) is a river in southwest Guatemala. Its sources are located in the Sierra Madre range, in the vicinity of Santa Catarina Ixtahuacán and Nahualá (Sololá). From there it flows southwards through the coastal lowlands of Suchitepéquez and Escuintla to the Pacific Ocean.[1]

The Nahualate river basin covers a territory of 1,941 km2.[2]

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