New River
The New River, also Río Nuevo, is a river in northern Belize. As the longest river that is entirely confined to Belize, it drains primarily the eastern part of the Orange Walk District during its north-northeasterly course and empties into the Chetumal Bay.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Wasquewhat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: River
- Description: river in northern Belize
- Also known as: “Rio Nuevo”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Copper Bank and Xaibe.
Copper Bank
Village
Photo: Elelicht, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Copper Bank is a fishing village in the Corozal District of Belize. It is situated on the west bank of Laguna Seca, a shallow lagoon that empties into Chetumal Bay just north-east of the village.
Xaibe
Village
Xaibe is a small rural settlement in the country of Belize mainly consisting of people from the Yucatec Maya ethnicity. It is located in Corozal District.
Chunox
Village
Chunox is a village located in the Corozal District of Belize, with a population of 1,143 people. It is primarily an agricultural community surrounded by sugar cane fields, and is located on the east bank of Laguna Seca.
New River
- Category: body of water
- Location: Belize, Central America, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
18.33626° or 18° 20′ 11″ northLongitude
-88.40081° or 88° 24′ 3″ westElevation
36 feet (11 metres)Open location code
76CH8HPX+GMOpenStreetMap ID
way 628167958OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=riverGeoNames ID
3581569Wikidata ID
Q430344
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“New River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “New River”
- Asturian: “Río Nuevo”
- Bavarian: “New River”
- Bavarian: “Río Nuevo”
- Cebuano: “New River”
- Cebuano: “Río Nuevo”
- Dutch: “New River”
- Dutch: “Río Nuevo”
- French: “New River”
- French: “Río Nuevo”
- German: “New River”
- German: “Río Nuevo”
- Irish: “New River”
- Irish: “Río Nuevo”
- Lithuanian: “New River”
- Lithuanian: “Niu”
- Lithuanian: “Río Nuevo”
- Low German: “New River”
- Low German: “Río Nuevo”
- Polish: “New River (Belize)”
- Polish: “New River”
- Russian: “Нью-Ривер”
- Serbo-Croatian: “New River”
- Serbo-Croatian: “New”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Río Nuevo”
- Spanish: “Rio Nuevo”
- Spanish: “Río Nuevo”
- Swedish: “New River, Belize”
- Swedish: “New River”
- Swedish: “Río Nuevo”
- Ukrainian: “Ріо-Нуево”
- Venetian: “New River”
- Venetian: “Río Nuevo”
- Welsh: “New River”
- Welsh: “Río Nuevo”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pueblo Nuevo Bridge and Four Mile Lagoon.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “New River”. Photo: Wasquewhat, CC BY-SA 3.0.