The Amajac River is a river of central−eastern
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
.
Geography
It flows through
Hidalgo
Hidalgo may refer to:
People
* Hidalgo (nobility), members of the Spanish nobility
* Hidalgo (surname)
Places
Mexico
* Hidalgo (state), in central Mexico
* Hidalgo, Coahuila, a town in the north Mexican state of Coahuila
* Hidalgo, Nuevo Leà ...
and
San Luis Potosà states.
In San Luis Potosà it joins the
Moctezuma River
The Moctezuma River (RÃo Moctezuma) is a river in Mexico that drains the eastern side of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt (Sierra Nevada). It is a tributary of the Pánuco River and flows through the Mexican states of Hidalgo, Querétaro, and Sa ...
at
Tamazunchale
Tamazunchale is a town and municipality in the state of San Luis PotosÃ, central Mexico. In 2010 the area of the municipality was and the population was 96,820. The population of the town was 24,562.
Etymology
The name Tamazunchale (Tam-uxum-t ...
. The Moctezuma is a tributary of the
Pánuco River
The Pánuco River ( es, RÃo Pánuco, ), also known as the ''RÃo de Canoas'', is a river in Mexico fed by several tributaries including the Moctezuma River and emptying into the Gulf of Mexico. The river is approximately long and passes throu ...
and
Gulf of Mexico
The Gulf of Mexico ( es, Golfo de México) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, largely surrounded by the North American continent. It is bounded on the northeast, north and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United ...
.
See also
*
List of rivers of Mexico
This is a list of rivers of Mexico, listed from north to south. There are 246 rivers on this list. Alternate names for rivers are given in parentheses.
Rivers flowing into the Gulf of Mexico
* RÃo Bravo, the name of the Rio Grande in Mexico
** S ...
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References
*Atlas of Mexico, 1975
*The Prentice Hall American World Atlas, 1984.
*Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
Rivers of Mexico City
Rivers of Hidalgo (state)
Rivers of San Luis PotosÃ
Rivers of the State of Mexico
Tributaries of the Pánuco River
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