Salinas River (Guatemala)

Salinas River (Guatemala)

Infobox River
river_name = Salinas river


caption =
origin = Guatemala (Huehuetenango, El Quiché)
mouth = Tributary of the Usumacinta river
basin_countries = Guatemala
length = 113 km
elevation =
mouth_elevation =
discharge = 555.1 m³/s [cite web | url=http://www.insivumeh.gob.gt/hidrologia/rios%20de%20guate.htm | publisher= | title=Principales ríos de Guatemala | author=INSIVUMEH | access | format=]
watershed =
The Salinas is a river in Guatemala. The river is called Río Negro from its sources (located at coord|15.270358|-91.413717|type:landmark_region:GT|name=Sources of the Río Negro) in the highlands of Huehuetenango and El Quiché until it reaches the Chixoy hydroelectric dam (located at coord|15.281536|-90.490952|type:landmark_region:GT|name=Chixoy Hidroelectric Dam), where the Río Salama and Rio Carchela converge with the Río Negro. After the Chixoy dam, the river is called Río Chixoy and flows northwards through Alta Verapaz until it reaches the border with Mexico. From there on it continues alon the border for 113 km as the Salinas river until it finally converges with the Río de la Pasión (at coord|16.481193|-90.544167|type:landmark_region:GT|name=Convergence Salinas and Pasión rivers) to form the Usumacinta river which flows into the Gulf of Mexico.

Guatemala's National Intitute for Elelctricity (INDE) is planning the construction of a new hydroelectric dam on the Chixoy river. The proposed location of the Xalalá hydroelectric dam is situated at coord|15.692833|-90.786361|type:landmark_region:GT|name=Planned location Xalalá Hidroelectric Dam. [cite web | url=http://www.inde.gob.gt/Portal/Entities/Admin/ViewImgLinks.aspx?ItemID=317 | publisher= | title=Proyecto Hidroeléctrico Xalalá | author=INDE| access | format=] in the municipality of Ixcán, El Quiché.

ee also

* Río Negro Massacre

References

External links

* [http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/americas/guatemala_pol00.jpgMap of Guatemala including the river]


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