Grijalva River
Grijalva River, formerly known as Tabasco River, is a 480 km long river in southeastern Mexico. It is named after Spanish conquistador Juan de Grijalva who visited the area in 1518.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in México and Guatemala
- Also known as: “Mezcalapa River”, “Río Chiapa”, “Rio de Chiapa”, “Rio Grande”, “Río Grande”, “Río Grande de Chiapa”, “Río Grande de Chiapas”, “Río Mezcalapa”, “Río Tabasco”, “Seleguá River”, and “Tabasco River”
Grijalva River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Mexico, North America
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Latitude
18.60891° or 18° 36′ 32″ north
Longitude
-92.69598° or 92° 41′ 46″ west
Open location code
76C9J853+HJ
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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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: “Mezcalapa”
- Spanish: “Río Grande de Chiapas”
- Spanish: “Río Grande”
- Spanish: “Rio Grijalva”
- Spanish: “río Grijalva”
- Spanish: “Río Grijalva”
- Spanish: “río Mezcalapa”
- Spanish: “río Seleguá”
- Spanish: “Seleguá”
- Swedish: “Grijalva”
- Turkish: “Grijalva Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Гріхальва”
- Venetian: “Fiume Grijalva”
- Vietnamese: “sông Grijalva”
- Vietnamese: “sông Mezcalapa”
- Vietnamese: “sông Seleguá”
- Vietnamese: “sông Tabasco”
- Welsh: “Afon Grijalva”
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