List of rivers of El Salvador
This is a list of rivers in El Salvador.
El Salvador has 58 river basins which all drain to 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.
Pacific Ocean
- 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.
- ^ "Water Resources Assessment of El Salvador" (PDF). United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). 1998. Archived from the original (pdf) on January 9, 2009. Retrieved May 4, 2009.
- Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
- CIA map: Image:Elsalvador relief map 1980.jpg
