Belize River
The Belize River runs 290 kilometres through the center of Belize. It drains more than one-quarter of the country as it winds along the northern edge of the Maya Mountains to the sea just north of Belize City.
Photo: 1000Faces, Public domain.- Type: River
- Description: river in Belize
- Also known as: “Belize (elv)”, “Belize-elva”, “Belize-floden”, “Belizeelven”, “Mto Belize”, “Old River”, “Rio belice”, “Rio Belice”, “Río belice”, “Rio de Belice”, “Río de Belice”, and “Wallis”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport and Price Barracks.
Price Barracks
Military installation
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lord’s Bank and Ladyville.
Lord’s Bank
Village
Lord's Bank is a village in Belize District in the nation of Belize, Central America.
Belize River
- Category: body of water
- Location: Belize, Central America, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
17.54811° or 17° 32′ 53″ north
Longitude
-88.30641° or 88° 18′ 23″ west
Elevation
30 feet (9 metres)
Open location code
769HGMXV+6C
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
OpenStreetMap feature
water=river
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Welsh—“Belize River” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Բելիզ”
- Asturian: “Ríu Belize”
- Cebuano: “Belize River”
- Chinese: “伯利兹河”
- Croatian: “Belize (rijeka)”
- Croatian: “Belize”
- Danish: “Belizefloden”
- Dutch: “Belize”
- French: “Belize”
- Galician: “río Belize”
- Galician: “Río Belize”
- German: “Belize River”
- Hebrew: “נהר בליז”
- Irish: “Abhainn Belize”
- Italian: “Belize”
- Japanese: “ベリーズ川”
- Lithuanian: “Belizas (upė)”
- Lithuanian: “Belizas”
- Low German: “Belize River”
- Macedonian: “Белиз”
- Mingrelian: “ბელიზი (წყარმალუ)”
- Mingrelian: “ბელიზი”
- Northern Frisian: “Belize River”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Belizeelva”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Belizeelva”
- Norwegian: “Belizeelva”
- Polish: “Belize (rzeka)”
- Polish: “Belize”
- Portuguese: “Rio Belize”
- Russian: “Белиз (река)”
- Russian: “Белиз”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Belize (rijeka)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Belize”
- Slovenian: “Belize”
- Spanish: “Río Belice”
- Swahili: “Belize (mto)”
- Swahili: “Belize”
- Swedish: “Belize River”
- Swedish: “Belizefloden”
- Tagalog: “Ilog ng Belize”
- Ukrainian: “Беліз”
- Welsh: “Afon Belize”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Vista del Mar Phase III and Vista del Mar Phase II.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Lord’s Bank Cemetery and Our Lady of the Way Catholic Church.
Belize: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Belmopan and Belize City.
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