Madre Vieja River
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Madre Vieja River (Río Madre Vieja) |
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Origin | Guatemala (El Quiché, Sololá, Chimaltenango, Suchitepéquez) |
Mouth | Pacific Ocean |
Basin countries | Guatemala |
Length | 126 km (78 mi) |
Source elevation | 2,400 m (7,900 ft) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Mouth elevation | 0 m (Pacific Ocean) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Avg. discharge | 8 m3/s (280 cu ft/s) (at Palmira) |
The Río Madre Vieja (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmaðɾe ˈβjexa]) is a river in southwest Guatemala. Its sources are located in the Sierra Madre range, on the border of the departments El Quiché, Sololá, and Chimaltenango. It flows southwards through the coastal lowlands of Suchitepéquez and Escuintla to the Pacific Ocean.[1]
The Madre Vieja river basin covers a territory of 1,007 square kilometres (389 sq mi).[2]
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