Goascorán River

River in Honduras and El salvador
  • Honduras
  • El Salvador
Physical characteristicsSource  • locationLa Paz (Honduras), Honduras MouthPacific Ocean
 • location
El Salvador, Honduras
 • coordinates
13°24′38″N 87°49′08″W / 13.41056°N 87.81889°W / 13.41056; -87.81889
 • elevation
0 m (0 ft)Length130 km (81 mi)Basin size2,081 km2 (803 sq mi)

The Goascorán River or Río Goascorán is a river in Central America. It rises in the La Sierra mountain ridge in Honduras and flows southward along the El Salvador-Honduras border for about 75 miles (120 km). It courses past Goascorán city to La Unión Bay, an inlet of the Gulf of Fonseca.

References

  • (in Spanish) Inversiones estratégicas en la cuenca binacional del río Goascorán
  • (in English) Information Sheet on Ramsar Wetlands
  • (in English) Goascoran River information from Encyclopedia Britannica
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