Pantaleón River

Pantaleón River
Native name Río Pantaleón
Country Guatemala
Basin
Main source Guatemala (Chimaltenango, Escuintla)
2,400 m (7,900 ft)
14°27′16″N 90°58′21″W / 14.454379°N 90.972633°W / 14.454379; -90.972633 (Río Pantaleón)
River mouth Tributary of the San Crostobal River
80 m (260 ft)
14°12′16″N 91°08′04″W / 14.204399°N 91.134338°W / 14.204399; -91.134338 (Mouth of the Río Pantaleón)Coordinates: 14°12′16″N 91°08′04″W / 14.204399°N 91.134338°W / 14.204399; -91.134338 (Mouth of the Río Pantaleón)

The Río Pantaleón is a river in the south of Guatemala. Its sources are located in the Sierra Madre range, on the western slopes of the Volcán de Fuego in the departments of Chimaltenango and Escuintla. The river flows in a south-westerly direction through the coastal lowlands of Escuintla where it joins the San Crostobal River, a tributary of the Coyolate River.[1]

The Pantaleón river's proximity to the active Fuego volcano increases the risks of inundations and mudflows.[2]

References

  1. ↑ INSIVUMEH. "Mapa de Cuencas y Ríos".
  2. ↑ Vallance, J.W., S.P. Schilling, O. Matías, W.I. Rose, M.M. Howell (2001). "Volcano Hazards at Fuego and Acatenango, Guatemala. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-431". Retrieved 2008. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)


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