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River in Guatemala

Suchiate River

Suchiate River

Key facts

instance ofriver
countryMexico
located in the administrative territorial entityChiapas
All data from the card 10
Native name
Río Suchiate (Spanish)
Countries
Guatemala and Mexico
• location
Guatemala(San Marcos)
• coordinates
15°09′47″N 91°57′22″W / 15.163187°N 91.956081°W
• elevation
3,000 m (9,800 ft)
• location
Pacific Ocean
• coordinates
14°31′53″N 92°13′41″W / 14.531466°N 92.228125°W
• elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Length
161 km (100 mi)
Basin size
1,400 km2 (540 mi2)

The Suchiate River (Spanish: Río Suchiate, Spanish pronunciation:) 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°04′14″N 92°03′35″W / 15.070549°N 92.059722°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".

The pre-Columbian archaeological site of Izapa lies along the river.

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