
The Ulúa River (, ) is a river in western
Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, ...
. It rises in the central mountainous area of the country close to
La Paz
La Paz, officially Nuestra Señora de La Paz (Aymara language, Aymara: Chuqi Yapu ), is the seat of government of the Bolivia, Plurinational State of Bolivia. With 755,732 residents as of 2024, La Paz is the List of Bolivian cities by populati ...
and runs approximately due northwards to the east end of the
Gulf of Honduras at . En route, it is joined by the
Sulaco River, the
Jicatuyo River, the
Otoro River and the
Chamelecón River. The Ulúa River valley is famed for its ornate calcite vessels that date from the
Mayan times. One of them can be found in the
British Museum
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's collection.
British Museum Collection
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References
Rivers of Honduras
Geography of Mesoamerica
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