- Pasión River
Infobox River
river_name = Pasión river (Río la Pasión)
caption =
origin =Guatemala (Alta Verapaz ,El Petén )
mouth =Tributary of theUsumacinta River
basin_countries =Guatemala
length = 354 km
elevation =
mouth_elevation =
discharge = 322.8 m³/s (El Porvenir)
watershed = The Pasión River ( _es. Río la Pasión) is ariver located in the northern lowlands region ofGuatemala . The river is fed by a number of upstream tributaries whose sources lie in the hills ofAlta Verapaz . These flow in a general northerly direction to form the Pasión, which then tends westwards to meet up with the Salinas River at coord|16.481193|-90.544167|type:landmark_region:GT|display=inline,title|name=Convergence Salinas and Pasión rivers. At this confluence the greaterUsumacinta River is formed, which runs northward to its eventual outlet in theGulf of Mexico . [cite web | url=http://www.insivumeh.gob.gt/hidrologia/rios%20de%20guate.htm | publisher= | title=Principales ríos de Guatemala | author=INSIVUMEH | access | format=]The riverine drainage system of the Pasión and its tributaries covers an area of over 5,000 km², and forms a watershed for a substantial portion of the present-day Guatemalan department of Petén's western half. [Houston (1993), p.11.] [INSIVUMEH data suggest the river basin covers a territory of 12,156 km². cite web | url=http://www.insivumeh.gob.gt/hidrologia/rios%20de%20guate.htm | publisher= | title=Principales ríos de Guatemala | author=INSIVUMEH | access | format=]
The Pasión river basin is recognized as an archaeological region or zone, and contains a number of archaeological sites of the
pre-Columbian Maya civilization , which to an extent shared some commonalities in Maya architectural style, political history and glyphic conventions. Maya ceremonial and urban centers located within the region includeDos Pilas ,Tamarindito ,Altar de Sacrificios ,Aguateca ,Seibal andMachaquila . [ See Houston (1993) "fig.2-1", also pp.10–14.]ee also
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Petexbatún Notes
References
*cite book |author=aut|Houston, Stephen D. |authorlink=Stephen D. Houston |year=1993 |title=Hieroglyphs and History at Dos Pilas: Dynastic Politics of the Classic Maya |publisher=University of Texas Press |location=Austin |id=ISBN 0-292-73855-2
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