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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°WMouth elevation 0 m (Pacific Ocean)
14°02′45″N 91°32′18″W / 14.045877°N 91.538343°WAvg. 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]
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Categories:- Rivers of Guatemala
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