Guayas River

The Guayas River is a major river in western . It gives its name to the of Ecuador. Its total length including Rio Quevedo and Rio Bajaña is 437 km long.
Photo: Oersted, Public domain.
  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in Ecuador
  • Also known as: “Guajas”, “Guajaso”, “Guayaquil River”, “Gvajasas”, “reka Guayas”, “Ría Guayas”, “Río de Guayaquil”, “Rio de Zapotal”, and “Ґуаяс”

Guayas River

Latitude
-2.65136° or 2° 39′ 5″ south
Longitude
-79.90905° or 79° 54′ 33″ west
Open location code
679283XR+F9
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Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Guayas River” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Ríu Guayas”
  • Basque: “Guayas ibaia”
  • Belarusian: “Гуаяс”
  • Catalan: “Guayas”
  • Cebuano: “Río Guayas (suba sa Ecuador, Provincia del Guayas, lat -2,65, long -79,91)”
  • Cebuano: “Río Guayas”
  • Chinese: “瓜亚斯河”
  • Chinese: “瓜亞斯河”
  • Croatian: “Guayas (rijeka)”
  • Croatian: “Guayas”
  • Czech: “Guayas”
  • Dutch: “Guayas”
  • Esperanto: “Rivero Guajaso”
  • French: “río Guayas”
  • French: “Río Guayas”
  • Galician: “Río Guayas”
  • German: “Río Guayas”
  • Irish: “Abhainn Guayas”
  • Italian: “Guayas”
  • Japanese: “グアヤス川”
  • Korean: “과야스강”
  • Lithuanian: “Guajasas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Río Guayas”
  • Ossetian: “Гуаяс (цæугæдон)”
  • Ossetian: “Гуаяс”
  • Polish: “Río Guayas”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Guaias”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Guayas”
  • Quechua: “Wayas mayu”
  • Russian: “Гуаяс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Guayas (rijeka)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Guayas”
  • Slovenian: “Guayas”
  • Spanish: “Río Guayas”
  • Swedish: “Río Guayas”
  • Ukrainian: “Гуаяс (річка)”
  • Ukrainian: “Гуаяс”
  • Welsh: “Afon Guayas”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Puerto Isla Verde and Punta Alcatraz.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Bajo Mondragón and Isla Centinela.

Ecuador: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Quito and Guayaquil.

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