Escondido River (Nicaragua) Explained

Escondido River
Pushpin Map:	Nicaragua
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location of mouth
Subdivision Type1:	Country
Subdivision Name1:	Nicaragua
Mouth Location:	Bluefields, Caribbean Sea
Mouth Coordinates:	12.0868°N -83.7492°W

Escondido (Spanish; Castilian: Río Escondido) is a river in southeastern Nicaragua. It is 89km (55miles) long and it empties into the Caribbean Sea^[1] near Bluefields in the South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region.

It provides a major transportation route between the Pacific and Caribbean coasts.^[2]

Its tributaries are:

• Kama River
• Mahogany River
• Rama River
  • Plata River
• Mico River
• Siquia River

Notes and References

1. Web site: Escondido River. Encyclopedia Britannica.
2. News: Nicaragua: Rivers and Lakes . MSN Encarta . 2007-06-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091028080950/http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761577584/Nicaragua.html . 2009-10-28 . dead .