List of rivers of El Salvador
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This is a list of rivers in El Salvador
.
El Salvador has 58 river basins which all drain in the Pacific Ocean
. The total amount of water discharged into the Pacific is 19 million m³ in a normal year.
Additionally, there are several endorheic basins linked to a lake. Coatepeque lake
is the largest endorheic basin in the country.
By Drainage Basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
Pacific Ocean
El Salvador
El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...
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El Salvador has 58 river basins which all drain in the Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
. The total amount of water discharged into the Pacific is 19 million m³ in a normal year.
Additionally, there are several endorheic basins linked to a lake. Coatepeque lake
Coatepeque Caldera
Coatepeque Caldera also known as Lago De Coatepeque is a volcanic caldera in El Salvador in Central America. The caldera was formed during a series of major rhyolitic explosive eruptions between about 72,000 and 57,000 years ago...
is the largest endorheic basin in the country.
By Drainage BasinDrainage basinA drainage basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another waterbody, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea, or ocean...
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.Pacific OceanPacific OceanThe Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
- Paz RiverPaz RiverThe Río Paz is a river in southern Guatemala. Its sources are located in the Quezalapa mountains in the north of Jutiapa. From there it flows in a south-westerly direction and marks the border with El Salvador for most of its way before reaching the Pacific Ocean at .The Paz River is 134 km...
- Cara Sucia River
- Copinula River
- Sensunapan River
- Banderas River
- Pululuya River
- Comalapar River
- Jiboa River
- Lempa RiverLempa RiverThe Lempa River is a 422 km long river in Central America. Its sources are located in between the Sierra Madre and the Sierra del Merendón in southern Guatemala, near the town of Olopa. In Guatemala the river is called Río Olopa and flows southwards for 30.4 km before entering Honduras and...
- Torola River
- Sumpul RiverSumpul RiverThe Sumpul is a river of north-western El Salvador. It flows through the Chalatenango Department....
- Ostúa RiverOstúa River-References:...
- Jalponga River
- El Guayabo River
- El Potrero River
- El Molino River
- Río Grande de San MiguelRío Grande de San MiguelRío Grande de San Miguel is a river in southern El Salvador. It empties to the Pacific Ocean in the Usulután Department at ....
- Sirama River
- Goascorán RiverGoascorán RiverThe Goascorán River or Río Goascorán is a river in Honduras and El Salvador that divides the two countries.-References:...