Balsas River
The Balsas River is a major river of south-central Mexico. The basin flows through the states of Guerrero, México, Morelos, and Puebla. Downstream of Ciudad Altamirano, Guerrero, it forms the border between Guerrero and Michoacán.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mitrush, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Mexico
- Also known as: “Atoyac River”, “Mezcala River”, “Río de la Mezcala”, “Río de las Balsas”, “Río Mexcala”, “Río Mezcala”, “Río Papalutla”, “Rio Sacatula”, and “Río Zacatula”
- Historically known as: “Sacatula River”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lazaro Cardenas.
Lazaro Cardenas
Photo: Puerto Lázaro Cárdenas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lázaro Cárdenas is a busy port city on Mexico's Pacific coast in the state of Michoacan. It handles a wide range of cargo, particularly container ships to and from Asia and South America.
Balsas River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacan, Pacific Coast, Mexico, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Balsas River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Balsas River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر مصقلة”
- Armenian: “Բալսաս”
- Asturian: “Ríu Balsas”
- Basque: “Balsas ibaia”
- Basque: “Balsas”
- Bavarian: “Río Balsas”
- Belarusian: “Бальсас”
- Belarusian: “Рака Бальсас”
- Bulgarian: “Балсас”
- Catalan: “Atoyac”
- Catalan: “Balsas”
- Catalan: “Mezcala”
- Cebuano: “Río Balsas”
- Chinese: “巴爾薩斯河”
- Chuvash: “Бальсас”
- Czech: “Balsas”
- Dutch: “Balsas”
- Dutch: “Rio Balsas”
- Dutch: “Río Balsas”
- Esperanto: “Balsas-Rivero”
- Esperanto: “Balsaso”
- Esperanto: “Rivero Balsas”
- French: “Rio Balsas”
- French: “río Balsas”
- French: “Río Balsas”
- Georgian: “ბალსასი”
- German: “Río Balsas”
- Greek: “Ατογιάκ”
- Greek: “Μεσκάλα”
- Greek: “Μπάλσας”
- Hungarian: “Balsas”
- Irish: “Abhainn Balsas”
- Italian: “Balsas”
- Japanese: “バルサス川”
- Japanese: “バルサ川”
- Lithuanian: “Atojakas”
- Lithuanian: “Balsas”
- Lithuanian: “Balsasas”
- Lithuanian: “Meskala”
- Macedonian: “Атојак”
- Macedonian: “Балсас”
- Macedonian: “Мескала”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Balsas”
- Norwegian: “Balsas”
- Polish: “Balsas”
- Portuguese: “Rio Balsas”
- Russian: “Бальсас”
- Russian: “Рио-Бальсас”
- Spanish: “Rio Balsas”
- Spanish: “Río Balsas”
- Ukrainian: “Атояк”
- Ukrainian: “Бальсас”
- Venetian: “Balsas”
- Welsh: “Afon Balsas”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Balsas River”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as El Mangal and Zania.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Boca Balsas and Isla La Palma.
Michoacan: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Morelia, Paricutin, Quiroga, and Uruapan.
Curious Streams to Discover
Uncover intriguing streams from every corner of the globe.
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 “Balsas River”. Photo: Mitrush, CC BY-SA 4.0.