List of rivers of Belize explained

These are the main rivers of Belize. Belize has a total of 35 major and minor river catchments or watersheds which drain into the Caribbean Sea.

Rivers

Name	District	Parent
Belize River	BZ, CY	Caribbean Sea
Barton Creek	CY	Belize River
Beaver Dam Creek	CY	Belize River
Billy White Creek	CY	batty river
Black Creek	BZ	Belize River
Cadena Creek	CY	Belize River
Cut and Throwaway Creek	CY	Belize River
Iguana Creek	CY	Belize River
Santa Teresa Creek	CY	Iguana Creek
Jinny Creek	CY	Belize River
Labouring Creek	CY	Belize River
Freshwater Creek	CY	Labouring Creek
Yalbac Creek	CY	Labouring Creek
Pescado Creek	CY	Yalbac Creek
Tu-tu Creek	CY	Pescado Creek
Little Barton Creek	CY	Belize River
Macal River	CY	Belize River
Blossom Berry Creek	CY	Macal River
Cacao Camp Creek	CY	Macal River
Eastern Branch	CY	Macal River
Garbutt Creek	CY	Macal River
Mahogany Creek	CY	Macal River
Mengel Creek	CY	Macal River
Mollejon Creek	CY	Macal River
Monkey Trail Branch	CY	Macal River
Raspaculo	CY	Macal River
Rio Frio	CY	Macal River
Rainbow Creek	CY	Rio Frio
Rio On	CY	Macal River
Pinol Creek	CY	Rio On
Privassion Creek	CY	Rio On
Little Vaqueros Creek	CY	Privassion Creek
Oak Burn	CY	Privassion Creek
Slate Creek	CY	Macal River
Mopan River	CY	Belize River
Chiquibul River	CY	Mopan River
Rio Ceiba Grande	CY	Mopan River
Mussel Creek	BZ	Belize River
Cox Lagoon Creek	BZ	Mussel Creek
Pescado Creek	CY	Belize River
Quaco Creek	CY	Belize River
Roaring Creek	CY	Belize River
Red Creek	CY	Roaring Creek
Spring Creek	CY	Roaring Creek
Rock Dondo Creek	CY	Belize River
Saturday Creek	CY	Belize River
Spanish Creek	BZ	Belize River
Tu-tu Creek	CY	Belize River
Yalbac Creek	CY	Belize River
New River	CZL, OW	Corozal Bay
Coffin Gate Creek	OW	New River
Dawson Creek	OW	New River
Irish Creek	OW	New River
Ramgoat Creek	OW	New River
Northern River	BZ	Caribbean Sea
Lopez Creek	BZ	Northern River
Quashie Banner Creek	BZ	Northern River
Rio Hondo	CZL, OW	Bahia de Chetumal
Blue Creek	OW	Rio Hondo
Booth's River	OW	Rio Hondo
Chan Chich Creek	OW	Rio Hondo
Gold Button Creek	OW	Rio Hondo
La Palma		Rio Hondo
Rio Bravo	OW	Rio Hondo
Sibun River	BZ, CY	Caribbean Sea
Boom Creek	BZ	Sibun River
Caves Branch River	CY	Sibun River
Hector Creek	BZ	Sibun River
Indian Creek	CY	Sibun River
Runaway Creek	CY	Sibun River
Silver Creek	CY	Sibun River
Yaha Creek	CY	Sibun River

Resources

• Book: Boles, Ed. 1999. The Sibun River Watershed Atlas. Sibun River Watershed Association.
• Web site: The rivers of Belize with their tributaries . belizerivers.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060205093549/http://www.belizerivers.org/rivers/index.htm . 5 February 2006.
• Web site: Watersheds . Belmopan . Biodiversity & Environmental Resource Data System of Belize (BERDS) . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120418064520/http://www.biodiversity.bz/find/watershed/ . 18 April 2012 . (includes map of watersheds)