The Goascorán River or Río Goascorán is a river in Central America. It rises in the La Sierra mountain ridge in Honduras and flows southward along the El Salvador-Honduras border for about 75 miles (120 km). It courses past Goascorán city to La Unión Bay, an inlet of the Gulf of Fonseca.
| Goascorán River | |
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 Goascarán river on the Salvadoran border | |
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| Native name | Río Goascorán (Spanish) |
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| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | La Paz (Honduras), Honduras |
| Mouth | Pacific Ocean |
• location | El Salvador, Honduras |
• coordinates | 13°24′38″N 87°49′08″W / 13.41056°N 87.81889°W |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Length | 130 km (81 mi) |
| Basin size | 2,081 km2 (803 sq mi) |
References
edit- (in Spanish) Inversiones estratégicas en la cuenca binacional del río Goascorán
- (in English) Information Sheet on Ramsar Wetlands
- (in English) Goascoran River information from Encyclopedia Britannica