Río Grande de Matagalpa

Río Grande de Matagalpa is a river of . Running 430 kilometers from its source near to the in the northern part of the it is the second longest river in Nicaragua.
  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river flowing from the Matagalpa highlands through Matagalpa and Boaco departments and the North and South Caribbean Coast autonomous regions to the Caribbean Sea, Nicaragua
  • Also known as: Amaltara”, “Awaltara”, “Río Grande”, “Rio Grande de Matagalpa”, and “Río Quivasco

Río Grande de Matagalpa

Latitude
12.90905° or 12° 54′ 33″ north
Longitude
-83.51531° or 83° 30′ 55″ west
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
764RWF5M+JV
Geo­Names ID
3619100
Wiki­data ID
Q2568291
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Río Grande de Matagalpa” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Afrikaans: Río Quivasco
  • Albanian: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Albanian: Río Quivasco
  • Amharic: ሪዮ ኪቫስኮ
  • Amharic: ሪዮ ግራንዴ ዴ ማታጋልፓ
  • Arabic: ريو غراندي دي ماتاغالبا
  • Arabic: ريو كيفاسكو
  • Aragonese: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Aragonese: Río Quivasco
  • Armenian: Ռիո Գրանդե դե Մատագալպա
  • Armenian: Ռիո Կիվասկո
  • Assamese: ৰিঅ’ কিভাস্কো
  • Assamese: ৰিঅ’ গ্ৰাণ্ডে দে মাটাগাল্পা
  • Asturian: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Asturian: Río Quivasco
  • Azerbaijani: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Azerbaijani: Río Quivasco
  • Basque: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Basque: Río Quivasco
  • Bavarian: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Bavarian: Río Quivasco
  • Belarusian: Рыа-Грандэ-дэ-Матагальпа
  • Belarusian: Рыа-Ківаска
  • Bengali: রিও কিভাস্কো
  • Bengali: রিও গ্রান্দে দে মাতাগালপা
  • Bosnian: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Bosnian: Río Quivasco
  • Breton: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Breton: Río Quivasco
  • Bulgarian: Рио Гранде де Матагалпа
  • Bulgarian: Рио Киваско
  • Burmese: ရီယို ကီဗာစကို
  • Burmese: ရီယို ဂရန်ဒေ ဒေ မာတာဂါလ်ပါ
  • Catalan: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Catalan: Río Quivasco
  • Cebuano: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Cebuano: Río Quivasco
  • Chinese: 奇瓦斯科河
  • Chinese: 馬塔加爾帕大河
  • Chinese: 马塔加尔帕大河
  • Corsican: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Corsican: Río Quivasco
  • Croatian: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Croatian: Río Quivasco
  • Czech: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Czech: Río Quivasco
  • Danish: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Danish: Río Quivasco
  • Dutch: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Dutch: Río Quivasco
  • Esperanto: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Esperanto: Río Quivasco
  • Estonian: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Estonian: Río Quivasco
  • Faroese: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Faroese: Río Quivasco
  • Finnish: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Finnish: Río Quivasco
  • French: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • French: Río Quivasco
  • Friulian: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Friulian: Río Quivasco
  • Galician: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Galician: Río Quivasco
  • Georgian: რიო გრანდე დე მატაგალპა
  • Georgian: რიო-გრანდე-დე-მატაგალპა
  • Georgian: რიო-კივასკო
  • German: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • German: Río Quivasco
  • Greek: Ρίο Γκράντε ντε Ματαγκάλπα
  • Greek: Ρίο Κιβάσκο
  • Gujarati: રિઓ કિવાસ્કો
  • Gujarati: રિઓ ગ્રાન્ડે દે માતાગાલ્પા
  • Haitian: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Haitian: Río Quivasco
  • Hausa: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Hausa: Río Quivasco
  • Hawaiian: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Hawaiian: Río Quivasco
  • Hebrew: ריו גרנדה דה מטגלפה
  • Hebrew: ריו קיבסקו
  • Hindi: रियो किवास्को
  • Hindi: रियो ग्रांदे दे मातागाल्पा
  • Hungarian: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Hungarian: Río Quivasco
  • Icelandic: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Icelandic: Río Quivasco
  • Igbo: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Igbo: Río Quivasco
  • Indonesian: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Indonesian: Río Quivasco
  • Irish: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Irish: Río Quivasco
  • Italian: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Italian: Río Quivasco
  • Japanese: キバスコ川
  • Japanese: リオ・グランデ・デ・マタガルパ川
  • Javanese: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Javanese: Río Quivasco
  • Kannada: ರಿಯೊ ಕಿವಾಸ್ಕೊ
  • Kannada: ರಿಯೊ ಗ್ರಾಂಡೆ ಡೆ ಮಟಗಾಲ್ಪಾ
  • Kazakh: Рио-Гранде-де-Матагальпа
  • Kazakh: Рио-Киваско
  • Khmer: រីអូ គីវ៉ាស្កូ
  • Khmer: រីអូ ហ្គ្រាន់ដេ ដេ ម៉ាតាហ្គាល់ប៉ា
  • Kinyarwanda: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Kinyarwanda: Río Quivasco
  • Kirghiz: Рио-Гранде-де-Матагальпа
  • Kirghiz: Рио-Киваско
  • Korean: 리오그란데데마타갈파강
  • Korean: 키바스코강
  • Kurdish: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Kurdish: Río Quivasco
  • Lao: ຣິໂອ ກຣານເດ ເດ ມາຕາກາລປາ
  • Lao: ຣິໂອ ກີວາສໂກ
  • Latin: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Latin: Río Quivasco
  • Latvian: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Latvian: Río Quivasco
  • Limburgan: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Limburgan: Río Quivasco
  • Lithuanian: Didžioji Matagalpa
  • Lithuanian: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Lithuanian: Río Quivasco
  • Lombard: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Lombard: Río Quivasco
  • Low German: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Low German: Río Quivasco
  • Luxembourgish: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Luxembourgish: Río Quivasco
  • Macedonian: Рио Гранде де Матагалпа
  • Macedonian: Рио Киваско
  • Malagasy: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Malagasy: Río Quivasco
  • Malay: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Malay: Río Quivasco
  • Malayalam: റിയോ കിവാസ്കോ
  • Malayalam: റിയോ ഗ്രാൻഡെ ദെ മടഗാൽപ
  • Maltese: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Maltese: Río Quivasco
  • Maori: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Maori: Río Quivasco
  • Marathi: रिओ किवास्को
  • Marathi: रिओ ग्रांदे दे मातागाल्पा
  • Mongolian: Рио-Гранде-де-Матагальпа гол
  • Mongolian: Рио-Киваско
  • Neapolitan: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Neapolitan: Río Quivasco
  • Nepali: रियो किभास्को
  • Nepali: रियो ग्रान्डे दे मातागाल्पा
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Río Quivasco
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Río Quivasco
  • Occitan (post 1500): Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Occitan (post 1500): Río Quivasco
  • Oriya: ରିଓ କିଭାସ୍କୋ
  • Oriya: ରିଓ ଗ୍ରାଣ୍ଡେ ଦେ ମାଟାଗାଲ୍ପା
  • Panjabi: ਰੀਓ ਕਿਵਾਸਕੋ
  • Panjabi: ਰੀਓ ਗ੍ਰਾਂਦੇ ਦੇ ਮਾਤਾਗਾਲਪਾ
  • Papiamento: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Papiamento: Río Quivasco
  • Persian: ریو کیواسکو
  • Persian: ریو گرانده دِ ماتاگالپا
  • Piemontese: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Piemontese: Río Quivasco
  • Polish: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Polish: Río Quivasco
  • Portuguese: Rio Grande de Matagalpa
  • Portuguese: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Portuguese: Río Quivasco
  • Pushto: ریو کیواسکو
  • Pushto: ریو ګرانډې دې ماتاګالپا
  • Romanian: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Romanian: Río Quivasco
  • Romansh: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Romansh: Río Quivasco
  • Russian: Río Quivasco
  • Russian: Рио-Гранде-де-Матагальпа
  • Russian: Рио-Гранде
  • Russian: Рио-Киваско
  • Samoan: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Samoan: Río Quivasco
  • Scots: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Scots: Río Quivasco
  • Scottish Gaelic: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Scottish Gaelic: Río Quivasco
  • Serbian: Рио Гранде де Матагалпа
  • Serbian: Рио Киваско
  • Serbo-Croatian: Grande de Matagalpa
  • Serbo-Croatian: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Serbo-Croatian: Río Quivasco
  • Sicilian: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Sicilian: Río Quivasco
  • Sinhala: රියෝ කිවාස්කෝ
  • Sinhala: රියෝ ග්‍රාන්ඩේ දේ මාතාගල්පා
  • Slovak: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Slovak: Río Quivasco
  • Slovenian: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Slovenian: Río Quivasco
  • Somali: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Somali: Río Quivasco
  • Spanish: Amaltara
  • Spanish: Awaltara
  • Spanish: Rio Grande de Matagalpa
  • Spanish: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Spanish: Río Grande
  • Spanish: Río Quivasco
  • Spanish: Rio Quivasco” (historical)
  • Sundanese: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Sundanese: Río Quivasco
  • Swahili: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Swahili: Río Quivasco
  • Swedish: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Swedish: Río Quivasco
  • Swiss German: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Swiss German: Río Quivasco
  • Tagalog: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Tagalog: Río Quivasco
  • Tamil: ரியோ கிராண்டே டெ மாதகால்பா
  • Tamil: ரியோ கிவாஸ்கோ
  • Telugu: రియో కివాస్కో
  • Telugu: రియో గ్రాండే డె మటగల్పా
  • Thai: ริโอ กรันเด เด มาตากัลปา
  • Thai: ริโอ กีบัสโก
  • Turkish: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Turkish: Río Quivasco
  • Turkmen: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Turkmen: Río Quivasco
  • Ukrainian: Río Quivasco
  • Ukrainian: Авалтара
  • Ukrainian: Ріо-Гранде-де-Матагальпа
  • Ukrainian: Ріо-Ківаско
  • Urdu: ریو کیواسکو
  • Urdu: ریو گرانڈے دے ماتاگالپا
  • Uzbek: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Uzbek: Río Quivasco
  • Venetian: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Venetian: Río Quivasco
  • Vietnamese: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Vietnamese: Río Quivasco
  • Vlaams: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Vlaams: Río Quivasco
  • Walloon: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Walloon: Río Quivasco
  • Welsh: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Welsh: Río Quivasco
  • Western Frisian: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Western Frisian: Río Quivasco
  • Xhosa: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Xhosa: Río Quivasco
  • Yoruba: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Yoruba: Río Quivasco
  • Yue Chinese: 奇瓦斯科河
  • Yue Chinese: 馬塔加爾帕大河
  • Zulu: Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Zulu: Río Quivasco
  • Amaltara
  • Awaltara
  • Río Grande
  • Rio Grande de Matagalpa
  • Río Grande de Matagalpa
  • Río Quivasco

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