Motagua River
The Motagua River is a 486-kilometre-long river in Guatemala. It rises in the Western Highlands of Guatemala and runs in an easterly direction to the Gulf of Honduras.
- Stream
- …lies at an elevation of 4 metres (13 feet)
- Description: river in Guatemala
- Also known as“Río Grande”“Río Montagua”“Río Selapec”
Motagua River
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Latitude
15.72245° or 15° 43′ 21″ north
Longitude
-88.23893° or 88° 14′ 20″ west
Open location code
767HPQC6+XC
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Motagua River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Motagua”
- Belarusian: “Матагуа”
- Bulgarian: “Мотагуа”
- Catalan: “riu Motagua”
- Catalan: “Riu Motagua”
- Cebuano: “Río Motagua”
- Chinese: “莫塔瓜河”
- Chuvash: “Мотагуа”
- Czech: “Motagua”
- Dutch: “Motagua”
- Dutch: “Rio Motagua”
- Dutch: “Río Motagua”
- Finnish: “Motagua”
- French: “Motagua”
- French: “Río Motagua”
- German: “Motagua”
- German: “Rio Motagua”
- German: “Río Motagua”
- German: “Rio Silapec”
- German: “Río Silapec”
- German: “Rio Silbapec”
- German: “Río Silbapec”
- German: “Rio Silepec”
- German: “Río Silepec”
- Hebrew: “נהר מוטגואה”
- Hungarian: “Motagua”
- Irish: “Abhainn Motagua”
- Italian: “Motagua”
- Japanese: “モタグァ川”
- Japanese: “モタグア川”
- Korean: “모타구아강”
- Latvian: “Motagva”
- Lithuanian: “Motagva”
- Malay: “Sungai Motagua”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Motagua-elven”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Motagua”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Río Motagua”
- Polish: “Motagua”
- Portuguese: “Rio Motagua”
- Russian: “Мотагуа”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Motagua”
- Slovenian: “Motagua (reka)”
- Slovenian: “Motagua”
- Spanish: “Motagua”
- Spanish: “Rio Motagua”
- Spanish: “Río Motagua”
- Swedish: “Río Motagua”
- Ukrainian: “Мотаґуа”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Motagua”
- Welsh: “Afon Motagua”
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