The Río Grande de Zacapa is a river in Guatemala. From its sources in the southern mountain range in the departments of

Zacapa Zacapa () is the departmental capital municipality of Zacapa Department, one of the 22 Departments of Guatemala. It is located approximately from Guatemala City. Sports Football club Deportivo Zacapa competes in Guatemala's top division and p ...

and

Chiquimula Chiquimula is a city in Guatemala. It is the capital of the department of Chiquimula and the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. It is located some 174 km from Guatemala City and within Guatemala known as "La p ...

the river flows northwards until it reaches the

Motagua River The Motagua River () is a river in Guatemala. It rises in the western highlands of Guatemala where it is also called Río Grande, and runs in an easterly direction to the Gulf of Honduras. The final few kilometres of the river form part of the ...

at . The río Grande de Zacapa is long and its river basin covers an area of .

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External links

Map of Guatemala including the river
Rivers of Guatemala Geography of Mesoamerica {{Guatemala-river-stub