- Achiguate River
Infobox River
river_name = Achiguate River (Río Achiguate)
caption =
origin =Guatemala (Sacatepéquez, Escuintla) coord|14.449060|-90.851355|type:landmark_region:GT|display=inline|name=Río Achiguate
mouth =Pacific Ocean
basin_countries =Guatemala
length =
elevation = 1,700 m
mouth_elevation = 0 m (Pacific Ocean ) coord|13.915364|-90.908003|type:landmark_region:GT|display=inline|name=Mouth of the Río Achiguate
discharge =
watershed = The Río Achiguate is a river in the south of Guatemala. Its sources are located in the Sierra Madre range, on the southern slopes of theVolcán de Fuego in the departments of Sacatepéquez and Escuintla. The river flows southwards through the coastal lowlands of Escuintla to thePacific 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 Achiquate river's proximity to the active Fuego volcano increases the risks of inundations and mudflows. [cite web | url=http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/fuego/hazards2.html | publisher= | title=Volcano Hazards at Fuego and Acatenango, Guatemala. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-431 | author=Vallance, J.W., S.P. Schilling, O. Matías, W.I. Rose, M.M. Howell| year=2001 |access=2008 | format=]
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