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This is a '''list of rivers in [[El Salvador]]'''. |
This is a '''list of rivers in [[El Salvador]]'''. |
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El Salvador has 58 river basins which all drain in the [[Pacific Ocean]].<ref name="SNET_2">{{cite web|author= |title=Mapas de Recursos Hídricos |publisher=Servicio Nacional de Estudios Territoriales (SNET) |location=San Salvador |url=http://snet.gob.sv/cd2/SeccionSIG/map_hi.htm |year= |accessdate=May 3, 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422151648/http://snet.gob.sv/cd2/SeccionSIG/map_hi.htm |archivedate=April 22, 2009 }}</ref> The total amount of water discharged into the Pacific is 19 million m³ in a normal year.<ref name="USACE">{{cite web |
El Salvador has 58 river basins which all drain in the [[Pacific Ocean]].<ref name="SNET_2">{{cite web|author= |title=Mapas de Recursos Hídricos |publisher=Servicio Nacional de Estudios Territoriales (SNET) |location=San Salvador |url=http://snet.gob.sv/cd2/SeccionSIG/map_hi.htm |year= |accessdate=May 3, 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422151648/http://snet.gob.sv/cd2/SeccionSIG/map_hi.htm |archivedate=April 22, 2009 }}</ref> The total amount of water discharged into the Pacific is 19 million m³ in a normal year.<ref name="USACE">{{cite web|author= |title=Water Resources Assessment of El Salvador |url=http://www.sam.usace.army.mil/en/wra/ElSalvador/El%20Salvador%20WRA%20English.pdf |publisher=United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) |year=1998 |accessdate=May 4, 2009 |format=pdf |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090109203400/http://www.sam.usace.army.mil/en/wra/ElSalvador/El%20Salvador%20WRA%20English.pdf |archivedate=January 9, 2009 |df= }}</ref> |
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Additionally, there are several [[endorheic basin]]s linked to a lake. [[Coatepeque Caldera|Coatepeque lake]] is the largest endorheic basin in the country.<ref name="SNET_2" /> |
Additionally, there are several [[endorheic basin]]s linked to a lake. [[Coatepeque Caldera|Coatepeque lake]] is the largest endorheic basin in the country.<ref name="SNET_2" /> |
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Revision as of 05:31, 23 May 2017
This is a list of rivers in El Salvador.
El Salvador has 58 river basins which all drain in the Pacific Ocean.[1] The total amount of water discharged into the Pacific is 19 million m³ in a normal year.[2] Additionally, there are several endorheic basins linked to a lake. Coatepeque lake is the largest endorheic basin in the country.[1]
By drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
- Paz River
- Cara Sucia River
- Copinula River
- Sensunapan River
- Banderas River
- Pululuya River
- Comalapa River
- Jiboa River
- Lempa River
- Jalponga River
- El Guayabo River
- El Potrero River
- El Molino River
- Río Grande de San Miguel
- Sirama River
- Goascorán River
References
- ^ a b "Mapas de Recursos Hídricos". San Salvador: Servicio Nacional de Estudios Territoriales (SNET). Archived from the original on April 22, 2009. Retrieved May 3, 2009.
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- Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
- CIA map: Image:Elsalvador relief map 1980.jpg