| Suchiate River | |
| Pushpin Map: | Guatemala |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of mouth |
| Source1 Location: | Guatemala (San Marcos) |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 14.5315°N -92.2281°W |
| Subdivision Type1: | Countries |
| Length: | 161km (100miles) |
| Source1 Elevation: | 3000m (10,000feet) |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 15.1632°N -91.9561°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 0m (00feet) |
| Basin Size: | 1400km2 |
The Suchiate River (Spanish; Castilian: '''Río Suchiate''', pronounced as /es/) is a river that marks the southwesternmost part of the border between Mexico (state of Chiapas) and Guatemala (department of San Marcos). From its sources on the southern slopes of the Tacaná volcano in the Sierra Madre range of Guatemala, the 161 km (100 mi) long river flows in a south-southwesterly direction to the border with Mexico at Unión Juárez (15.0705°N -92.0597°W), past the border towns Talismán and El Carmen, and then Ciudad Tecún Umán and Ciudad Hidalgo (Chiapas) further downstream, where the Puente Rodolfo Robles and a railway bridge cross the river, and on to the Pacific Ocean. Its name comes from the Nahuatl name Xochiatl meaning "flower-water".[1] [2]
The pre-Columbian archaeological site of Izapa lies along the river.
