Rivière· 240 segments
Río Motagua
Crosses 30 administrative regions : Cabañas, Chichicastenango, Chuarrancho, El Jícaro, Estanzuela +25
Total length
476km
Max discharge
310,7m³/s
Max Strahler
6
Segments matched
240
River geography30 admin regions · 0 communes
30 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- MoralesIzabal · Guatemala126.0 kmin this dpt
- GualánZacapa · Guatemala81.8 kmin this dpt
- Puerto BarriosIzabal · Guatemala74.9 kmin this dpt
- Los AmatesIzabal · Guatemala60.1 kmin this dpt
- San Martín JilotepequeChimaltenango · Guatemala39.1 kmin this dpt
- Río HondoZacapa · Guatemala38.9 kmin this dpt
- SanarateEl Progreso · Guatemala31.7 kmin this dpt
- San Cristóbal AcasaguastlánEl Progreso · Guatemala29.6 kmin this dpt
- MorazánEl Progreso · Guatemala24.7 kmin this dpt
- San Agustín AcasaguastlánEl Progreso · Guatemala24.7 kmin this dpt
- ChuarranchoGuatemala · Guatemala23.3 kmin this dpt
- ChichicastenangoQuiché · Guatemala21.9 kmin this dpt
- TeculutánZacapa · Guatemala17.2 kmin this dpt
- ZacapaZacapa · Guatemala13.6 kmin this dpt
- UsumatlánZacapa · Guatemala10.8 kmin this dpt
- JoyabajQuiché · Guatemala9.4 kmin this dpt
- Tecpán GuatemalaChimaltenango · Guatemala9.3 kmin this dpt
- El JícaroEl Progreso · Guatemala9.0 kmin this dpt
- GuastatoyaEl Progreso · Guatemala7.3 kmin this dpt
- OmoaCortés · Honduras7.1 kmin this dpt
- San Juan SacatepéquezGuatemala · Guatemala7.1 kmin this dpt
- HuitéZacapa · Guatemala5.2 kmin this dpt
- San RaymundoGuatemala · Guatemala4.2 kmin this dpt
- SalamáBaja Verapaz · Guatemala4.1 kmin this dpt
- San José PoaquilChimaltenango · Guatemala3.8 kmin this dpt
- CabañasZacapa · Guatemala3.6 kmin this dpt
- Santa Cruz El CholBaja Verapaz · Guatemala3.5 kmin this dpt
- PachalúmQuiché · Guatemala3.4 kmin this dpt
- EstanzuelaZacapa · Guatemala3.2 kmin this dpt
- GranadosBaja Verapaz · Guatemala2.7 kmin this dpt
13 intersecting protected areas
Sierra de las Minas
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
Punta de Manabique
IUCN IIIWildlife Refuge
Punta de Manabique
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
Cuenca del Lago Atitlán
IUCN IIIMultiple Use Area
Sierra Caral
IUCN IIIWater and Forest Reserve
Cuyamel
IUCN IVWildlife Refuge
Niño Dormido
IUCN IVRegional Municipal Park
Private Natural Reserve
Llano de la Negra
IUCN VPrivate Natural Reserve
4 more protected areassorted by area
Finca Fernando Paiz
IUCN VPrivate Natural Reserve
Las Flores
IUCN VPrivate Natural Reserve
Portal de las Minas
IUCN VPrivate Natural Reserve
Cuevas de Silvino
IUCN IINational Park
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 240 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydrology (HydroRIVERS v10)
Total length
476km
Max discharge
310,7m³/s
Max Strahler
6
Segments matched
240
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.