Icán River

The Río ícán is a river in Southwest Guatemala. Its sources are in the Sierra Madre range, on the slopes of the Santo Tomás volcano in the department of Suchitepéquez. It flows southwards through the coastal lowlands of Suchitepequez to the Pacific Ocean.[1]

Icán River
Native nameRío Icán
Location
CountryGuatemala
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationGuatemala (Suchitepéquez
 • coordinates14.663063°N 91.533837°W / 14.663063; -91.533837 (Río Sís)
 • elevation1,200 m (3,900 ft)
Mouth 
 • location
Pacific Ocean
 • coordinates
14.125006°N 91.665201°W / 14.125006; -91.665201 (Río Icán)
 • elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Length53 km (33 mi)
Discharge 
 • average34 m3/s (1,200 cu ft/s) (at Bracitos)

The river runs more or less parallel to its main tributary, the Sís River. The Sís–Icán river basin covers a territory of 919 square kilometres (355 sq mi).[2]

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