Chocón Machacas River facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Chocón Machacas River |
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| Country | Guatemala |
| Departments | Alta Verapaz and Izabal |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Main source | Sierra de Santa Cruz 100 m (330 ft) |
| River mouth | Golfete Dulce 15°45′30″N 88°52′31″W / 15.75833°N 88.87528°W |
| Length | 53 km (33 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Basin size | Gulf of Honduras |
The Chocón Machacas River is a river in eastern Guatemala. The sources of the 53-kilometre-long (33 mi) river are on the eastern slopes of the Sierra de Santa Cruz at 15°47′38″N 89°08′02″W / 15.793835°N 89.133890°W. From there it flows in a generally west-south-west direction into the Golfete Dulce. The Chocón Machacas river and Golfete Dulce complex form one of Guatemala's few remaining habitats for the endangered Caribbean manatee (Trichechus manatus).
See also
In Spanish: Río Chocón Machacas para niños
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