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 / 14.881253; -91.287546 (Sources Río Nahualate)
Mouth elevation	0 m (Pacific Ocean) 14°02′45″N 91°32′18″W / 14.045877°N 91.538343°W / 14.045877; -91.538343 (Mouth of Río Nahualate)
Avg. discharge	60.8 m³/s (at San Mauricio)

The Río Nahualate 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]

References

1. ^ INSIVUMEH. "Mapa de Cuencas y Ríos". http://www.insivumeh.gob.gt/hidrologia/ATLAS_HIDROMETEOROLOGICO/Atlas_Hidrologico/mapa-base.jpg. 
2. ^ INSIVUMEH. "Principales ríos de Guatemala". http://www.insivumeh.gob.gt/hidrologia/rios%20de%20guate.htm. 

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