The San Pedro y San Pablo River is a river of
Mexico
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. It is a
distributary
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of the
Usumacinta River. It branches from the lower Usumacinta and flows northwards, emptying into Atasta and Pom lagoons which are connected to
Laguna de Términos, which in turn connects to the
Gulf of Mexico
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.
[Bach, L., Calderon, R., Cepeda, M. F., Oczkowski, A., Olsen, S.B., Robadue, D. (2005). ''Level One Site Profile: Laguna de Términos and its Watershed, Mexico''. Narragansett, RI: Coastal Resources Center, University of Rhode Island.]
See also
*
List of rivers of Mexico
References
*Atlas of Mexico, 1975 (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/atlas_mexico/river_basins.jpg).
*The Prentice Hall American World Atlas, 1984.
*Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
Rivers of Mexico
Usumacinta River
Gulf Coast of Mexico
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