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The Río Sis is a river in southwest Guatemala. Its sources are in the
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range, on the slopes of the Santo Tomás and
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and Mazatenango and joins the
Icán River The Río ícán is a river in Southwest Guatemala. Its sources are in the Sierra Madre range, on the slopes of the Santo Tomás volcano in the department of Suchitepéquez. It flows southwards through the coastal lowlands of Suchitepequez to the ...
, which flows into the
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. The Sís–Icán river basin covers an area of 919 km² (355 sq ml).


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Rivers of Guatemala {{Guatemala-river-stub