Nahualate River | |
Pushpin Map: | Guatemala |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of mouth |
Source1 Location: | Guatemala (Sololá, Suchitepéquez) |
Source1 Coordinates: | 14.8813°N -91.2875°W |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Length: | 130km (80miles) |
Mouth Coordinates: | 14.0459°N -91.5383°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 0m (00feet) |
Discharge1 Avg: | 60.8m3/s at San Mauricio |
Basin Size: | 1941km2 |
The Río Nahualate (pronounced as /es/) is a river in southwest Guatemala, originating in the Sierra Madre range, in the vicinity of Santa Catarina Ixtahuacán and Nahualá (Sololá). From there it flows southwards through the coastal lowlands of Suchitepéquez and Escuintla to the Pacific Ocean.[1]
The Nahualate river basin covers a territory of .[2]