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Jalapa River

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

The Jalapa river (also known as Río El Tambor or Río Chimalapea) is a river in the south of Guatemala. From its sources in the mountain range southwest of the city of Jalapa, the river flows in a northeastern direction until it reaches the Motagua River at 14.934419°N 89.818726°W / 14.934419; -89.818726 (convergence Motagua river and Jalapa river).

Flows through: Guatemala.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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