Motagua River

The Motagua River is a 486-kilometre-long river in . It rises in the Western Highlands of Guatemala and runs in an easterly direction to the .
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in Guatemala
  • Also known as: Río Grande”, “Río Montagua”, and “Río Selapec

Motagua River

Latitude
15.72245° or 15° 43′ 21″ north
Longitude
-88.23893° or 88° 14′ 20″ west
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
Open location code
767HPQC6+XC
Geo­Names ID
3592331
Wiki­data ID
Q1346148
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Motagua River” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: Ríu Motagua
  • Belarusian: Матагуа
  • Belarusian: Рака 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
  • Spanish: Motagua
  • Spanish: Rio Motagua
  • Spanish: Río Motagua
  • Swedish: Río Motagua
  • Ukrainian: Мотаґуа
  • Vietnamese: Sông Motagua
  • Welsh: Afon Motagua

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About Mapcarta. 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 “Motagua River”. Photo: Kymacpherson, CC BY-SA 3.0.