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Paz River

The 883rd longest river in the world

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The Río Paz (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈri.o pas]) is a river in southern Guatemala. Its sources are located in the Quezalapa mountains in the north of Jutiapa. From there it flows in a south-westerly direction and marks the border with El Salvador for most of its course before reaching the Pacific Ocean at 13°46′16″N 90°10′57″W. The Paz River is 134 kilometres (83 mi) long, and its basin covers a territory of 1,732 square kilometres (669 mi2) in Guatemala. It flows through the Ahuachapán Department and into the Laguna el Espino.

Flows through: Guatemala.

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

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