Grijalva River

Grijalva River, formerly known as Tabasco River, is a 480 km long river in southeastern . It is named after Spanish conquistador Juan de Grijalva who visited the area in 1518.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in México and Guatemala
  • Also known as: Mezcalapa River”, “Río Chiapa”, “Rio de Chiapa”, “Rio Grande”, “Río Grande de Chiapa”, “Río Mezcalapa”, “Río Tabasco”, and “Tabasco River

Grijalva River

Latitude
18.60891° or 18° 36′ 32″ north
Longitude
-92.69598° or 92° 41′ 46″ west
Open location code
76C9J853+HJ
Geo­Names ID
3527376
Wiki­data ID
Q27035
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Welsh—“Grijalva River” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: Գրիխալվա
  • Asturian: Ríu Grijalva
  • Basque: Grijalva
  • Belarusian: Грыхальва
  • Belarusian: Рака Грыхальва
  • Bulgarian: Грихалва
  • Catalan: Grijalva
  • Cebuano: Grijalva
  • Chinese: 格里哈爾瓦河
  • Croatian: Grijalva
  • Czech: Grijalva
  • Czech: Grijálva
  • Dutch: Grijalva
  • Dutch: Rio Grijalva
  • Dutch: Río Grijalva
  • Egyptian Arabic: نهر چريچالفا
  • Esperanto: Grijalva
  • French: Rio Grijalva
  • French: Río Grijalva
  • Georgian: გრიხალვა
  • German: Mezcalapa
  • German: Río Chiapa
  • German: Rio Grijalva
  • German: Río Grijalva
  • German: Tabasco
  • Igbo: Osimiri Grijalva
  • Irish: Abhainn Grijalva
  • Italian: Grijalva
  • Japanese: グリハルバ川
  • Lithuanian: Grichalva
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Grijalva
  • Norwegian: Grijalva
  • Persian: رود گریوالا
  • Polish: Grijalva
  • Portuguese: Rio Grijalva
  • Romanian: Rio Grijalva
  • Romanian: Río Grijalva
  • Russian: Грихальва
  • Russian: Рио Грихальва
  • Russian: Рио-Грихальва
  • Russian: Табаско
  • Serbian: Грихалва (река)
  • Serbian: Грихалва
  • Slovenian: Grijalva
  • Slovenian: reka Grijalva
  • Slovenian: río Grijalva
  • Spanish: Grijalva
  • Spanish: Rio Grijalva
  • Spanish: Río Grijalva
  • Swedish: Grijalva
  • Turkish: Grijalva Nehri
  • Ukrainian: Гріхальва
  • Venetian: Fiume Grijalva
  • Welsh: Afon Grijalva

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