Icán River

Icán River

Infobox River
river_name = Icán River (Río Icán)


caption =
origin = Guatemala (Suchitepéquez coord|14.663063|-91.533837|type:landmark_region:GT|display=inline|name=Río Sís
mouth = Pacific Ocean
basin_countries = Guatemala
length = 53 km
elevation = 1,200 m
mouth_elevation = 0 m (Pacific Ocean) coord|14.125006|-91.665201|type:landmark_region:GT|display=inline|name=Río Icán
discharge = 34 m³/s (at Bracitos)
watershed =
The Río ícán is a river in Southwest Guatemala. Its sources are located in the Sierra Madre range, on the the slopes of the Santo Tomás volcano in the department of Suchitepéquez. It flows southwards through the coastal lowlands of Suchitepequez to the Pacific Ocean. [cite web | url=http://www.insivumeh.gob.gt/hidrologia/ATLAS_HIDROMETEOROLOGICO/Atlas_Hidrologico/mapa-base.jpg| publisher= | title=Mapa de Cuencas y Ríos | author=INSIVUMEH | access | format=]

The river runs more or less parallel to its main tributary, the Sís River. The Sís - Icán river basin covers a territory of 919 km2. [cite web | url=http://www.insivumeh.gob.gt/hidrologia/rios%20de%20guate.htm | publisher= | title=Principales ríos de Guatemala | author=INSIVUMEH | access | format=]

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