Nahualate River
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The Río Nahualate is a river in southwest Guatemala. Its sources are located 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
.
The Nahualate river basin covers a territory of 1,941 km2.
Sierra Madre de Chiapas
Sierra Madre is a mountain range which runs northwest-southeast from the state of Chiapas in Mexico across Guatemala and into El Salvador and Honduras. Most of the volcanoes of Guatemala are a part of this range.A narrow coastal plain lies south the range, between the Sierra Madre and the Pacific...
range, in the vicinity of Santa Catarina Ixtahuacán
Santa Catarina Ixtahuacan
Santa Catarina Ixtahuacan is a municipality in the Sololá department of Guatemala. It is located at about 7500 ft altitude in the steep mountains descending from the western highlands to the southern coastal plain. The indigenous language is K'ichee'...
and Nahualá
Nahualá
Nahualá is a municipality in the Sololá department of Guatemala. The town is sometimes known as Santa Catarina Nahualá, in honor of the town’s patron saint, Saint Catherine of Alexandria, but the official name is just "Nahualá"....
(Sololá
Sololá (department)
Sololá is a department in the west of Guatemala. The capital is the city of Sololá.- Municipalities :# Concepción# Nahualá# Nueva Santa Catarina Ixtahuacan# Panajachel# San Andrés Semetabaj# San Antonio Palopó# San José Chacayá# San Juan La Laguna...
). From there it flows southwards through the coastal lowlands of Suchitepéquez
Suchitepéquez (department)
Suchitepéquez is one of the 22 departments of Guatemala. Its capital is Mazatenango.It is situated in the southwestern region of Guatemala, limiting to the north with Quetzaltenango, Sololá and Chimaltenango, to the south with the Pacific Ocean, to the east with Escuintla, and to the west with...
and Escuintla
Escuintla
Escuintla is a city in south central Guatemala. It is the capital of the Escuintla Department and the administrative seat of Escuintla Municipality....
to 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 Nahualate river basin covers a territory of 1,941 km2.