Chocón Machacas River
| Chocón Machacas River | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Guatemala |
| Departments | Alta Verapaz and Izabal |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Sierra de Santa Cruz |
| • elevation | 100 m (330 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Golfete Dulce |
• coordinates | 15°45′30″N 88°52′31″W / 15.75833°N 88.87528°W |
| Length | 53 km (33 mi) |
| 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[1] 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).
References
- ^ Castillo Lemus: 12
- "Chocón Machacas Protected Biotope". Parkswatch.com. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
- Yañez-Arancibia, Alejandro; David Zárate Lomelí; Angel Terán Cuevas (1995). Evaluation of the coastal and marine resources of the Atlantic Coast of Guatemala (PDF). UNEP. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
- Castillo Lemus, Noé Ariel (2005). Estudio de identificación y caracterización preliminar de corredores biológicos con conectividad al biotopo Chocón Machacas (PDF). Archived from the original (pdf) on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2011-03-07.