Pantaleón River

Infobox River
river_name = Pantaleón River (Río Pantaleón)


caption =
origin = Guatemala (Chimaltenango, Escuintla) coord|14.454379|-90.972633|type:landmark_region:GT|display=inline|name=Río Pantaleón
mouth = Tributary of the San Crostobal River
basin_countries = Guatemala
length =
elevation = 2,400 m
mouth_elevation = 80 m coord|14.204399|-91.134338|type:landmark_region:GT|display=inline|name=Mouth of the Río Pantaleón
discharge =
watershed = The Río Pantaleón is a river in the south of Guatemala. Its sources are located in the Sierra Madre range, on the western slopes of the Volcán de Fuego in the departments of Chimaltenango and Escuintla. The river flows in a south-westerly direction through the coastal lowlands of Escuintla where it joins the San Crostobal River, a tributary of the Coyolate River. [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 Pantaleón 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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