List of rivers of Guatemala

This is a list of rivers in Guatemala arranged by drainage basin. This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under their larger stream's name.

Map of Guatemala

CIA Map of Guatemala

Gulf of Mexico

The following rivers flow into the Grijalva River in Mexico and are part of the Gulf of Mexico drainage basin.

• Grijalva River (Mexico)
  • Usumacinta River (Guatemala and Mexico)
    • San Pedro River (Guatemala and Mexico)
    • Lacantún River (Mexico)
      • Xalbal River (Xaclbal River)
      • Ixcán River
    • Pasión River (Río de la Pasión)
      • San Juan River
        • Poxte River
      • Machaquila River
      • Cancuén River
    • Salinas River
      • Chixoy River (Río Negro)
        • Salamá River
      • San Román River
  • Seleguá River (Guatemala and Mexico)
    • Nentón River (Guatemala and Mexico)
  • Cuilco River (Guatemala and Mexico)
    • Cabajchum River
      • Tzalá River
    • Las Manzanas River
      • Blanco River (San Marcos)

Gulf of Honduras

The following rivers are in the Gulf of Honduras drainage basin, which connects to he Gulf of Mexico.

• Hondo River (Río Azul) (Belize and Mexico)
• Belize River (Belize)
  • Mopan River (Guatemala and Belize)
• Moho River (Guatemala and Belize)
• Sarstoon River (Sarstún River) (Guatemala and Belize)
  • Gracias a Dios River
    • Chiyu River
    • Chahal River
  • Franco River
    • Chocón River
• Dulce River
  • Chocón Machacas River
  • Lake Izabal
    • Polochic River
      • Matanzas River
      • Cahabón River
        • Lanquin River
• Motagua River (Guatemala and Honduras)
  • Las Animas River
  • Bobos River
  • Pasabien River
  • Río Grande de Zacapa
    • Jupilingo River
  • Las Vacas River
  • Jalapa River

Pacific Ocean

The following rivers are in the Pacific Ocean drainage basin:

• Suchiate River (Guatemala and Mexico)
  • Cabúz River
    • Cutzulchimá River
  • Ixben River
  • Nica River
  • Petacalapa River
  • Sibinal River
• Naranjo River
  • Chisna River
    • Mujulia River
• Ocosito River
  • Nil River
    • Nima River
• Samalá River
  • El Tambor River
    • Nima I River
    • Nima II River
  • Oc River
• Icán River
  • Sís River
• Nahualate River
  • Ixtacapa River
  • Siguacán River
• Madre Vieja River
• Coyolate River
  • Xaya River
  • San Cristobal River
    • Pantaleón River
• Acomé River
• Achiguate River
• María Linda River
  • Aguacapa River
  • Michatoya River
    • Lake Amatitlán
      • Villalobos River
• Paso Hondo River
• Los Esclavos River
• Paz River (Guatemala, El Salvador)
• Lempa River (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras)
  • Ostúa River

See also

• List of rivers of the Americas by coastline

References

• "GEONet Names Server". National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Retrieved June 25, 2021., GEOnet Names Server
• Mapa de Cuencas y Ríos (INSIVUMEH)
• Principales ríos de Guatemala (INSIVUMEH)
• "Water Resources Assessment of Guatemala" (PDF). US Army Corps of Engineers. June 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-01-09. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
• "Guatemala - Surface Water Map" (PDF). US Army Corps of Engineers. June 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-01-09. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
• Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
• Instituto Nacional de Sismologia, Vulcanolgia, Meteorologia e Hidrologia (INSIVUMEH) (in Spanish)