Escondido River
Escondido is a river in southeastern Nicaragua. It is 89 kilometres long and it empties into the Caribbean Sea near Bluefields in the South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Mosquitia
- Also known as: “Bluefields”, “Bluefields River”, “Río Bluefields”, and “Río Escondido”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bluefields.
Bluefields
Bluefields is a city and municipality on the central Mosquito Coast, and capital of the South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, Nicaragua. Historically, it held far greater significance as the political and administrative capital of the Kingdom of Mosquitia, which maintained independence and later protectorate status under Great Britain during the 17th to 19th centuries.
Escondido River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, Nicaragua, Central America, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
12.08677° or 12° 5′ 12″ north
Longitude
-83.74916° or 83° 44′ 57″ west
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
764R37P2+P8
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Satellite Map
Discover Escondido River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Escondido River” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bluefields River”
- Cebuano: “Río Bluefields”
- Cebuano: “Río Escondido”
- Chinese: “Bluefields River”
- Chinese: “Río Bluefields”
- Chinese: “Río Escondido”
- Dutch: “Bluefields River”
- Dutch: “Río Bluefields”
- Dutch: “Río Escondido”
- French: “Bluefields River”
- French: “Escondido River”
- French: “Río Bluefields”
- French: “Río Escondido”
- German: “Bluefields River”
- German: “Escondido River”
- German: “Río Bluefields”
- German: “Río Escondido”
- Irish: “Abhainn Escondido”
- Irish: “Bluefields River”
- Irish: “Río Bluefields”
- Italian: “Río Escondido”
- Japanese: “エスコンディード川 (ニカラグア)”
- Polish: “Bluefields River”
- Polish: “Escondido”
- Polish: “Río Bluefields”
- Polish: “Río Escondido”
- Portuguese: “Bluefields River”
- Portuguese: “Río Bluefields”
- Portuguese: “Rio Escondido”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Bluefields River”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Escondido (rijeka)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Escondido”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Río Bluefields”
- Spanish: “río Bluefields”
- Spanish: “río Escondido”
- Spanish: “Río Escondido”
- Swedish: “Bluefields River”
- Swedish: “Río Bluefields”
- Swedish: “Río Escondido”
- Welsh: “Afon Escondido”
- Welsh: “Bluefields River”
- Welsh: “Río Bluefields”
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