This is a list of rivers in

El Salvador El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south b ...

. El Salvador has 58 river basins which all drain to the

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...

. The total amount of water discharged into the Pacific is 19 million m³ in a normal year. Additionally, there are several

endorheic basin An endorheic basin (; also spelled endoreic basin or endorreic basin) is a drainage basin that normally retains water and allows no outflow to other external bodies of water, such as rivers or oceans, but drainage converges instead into lakes ...

s linked to a lake. Coatepeque Lake is the largest endorheic basin in the country.

By drainage basin

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drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, t ...

, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.

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Paz River The Río Paz () is a river in southern Guatemala. Its sources are located in the Quezalapa mountains in the north of Jutiapa. From there it flows in a south-westerly direction and marks the border with El Salvador for most of its course before ...

* Cara Sucia River * Copinula River *

Sensunapan River Sensunapan River is a river in Sonsonate Sonsonate () is a city and municipality of El Salvador. It is the capital of the department of Sonsonate; on the Sensunapan River and the Pan-American Highway from San Salvador to the Pacific port of Aca ...

Banderas River Banderas River () is a river located in the southern part of the Ahuachapán Department of El Salvador. Precipitations along the river are suitable for municipal water, irrigation, and water well A well is an excavation or structure crea ...

* Pululuya River *

Comalapa River Comalapa River (Rio Comalapa) is a medium-sized stream in La Paz, El Salvador, which has large to very large quantities of fresh water Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations ...

* Jiboa River *

Lempa River The Lempa River ( es, Río Lempa) is a river in Central America. Geography Its sources are located in between the Sierra Madre and the Sierra del Merendón in southern Guatemala, near the town of Olopa. In Guatemala the river is called ''Río O ...

Torola River The Torola River is a river in El Salvador and Honduras. The river is 227 meters (745 feet) above sea level. Its length is 100.3 kilometers (62 miles). References

Rivers of El Salvador Rivers of Honduras International rivers of North ...

Sumpul River The Sumpul River ( es, río Sumpul) is a river in north-western El Salvador on the border with Honduras. It flows through the Chalatenango Department. On 14 May 1980, the river and the nearby village of Las Aradas were the site of a massacre by ...

Ostúa River Ostúa River () is a river of El Salvador and Guatemala. References Rivers of El Salvador Rivers of Guatemala International rivers of North America {{Guatemala-river-stub ...

* Jalponga River * El Guayabo River * El Potrero River * El Molino River *

Río Grande de San Miguel Río Grande de San Miguel is a river in southern El Salvador, Central America. It flows into the Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the ...

Sirama River Sirama River is a river of El Salvador El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the ...

Goascorán River 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 El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Sa ...

References

*Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993. *CIA map: :Image:Elsalvador relief map 1980.jpg *,

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Rivers A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...

By drainage basin

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...

See also

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