Suchiate River (río Suchiate)
Origin	Guatemala (San Marcos)
Mouth	Pacific Ocean
Basin countries	Guatemala, Mexico
Length	161 km
Source elevation	3000 m 15°09′47″N 91°57′22″W / 15.163187°N 91.956081°W / 15.163187; -91.956081 (Sources Río Suchiate)
Mouth elevation	0 m
Basin area	1400 km²

The Suchiate River (Spanish: Río Suchiate) is a river that marks the southwesternmost part of the border between Mexico (state of Chiapas) and Guatemala (department of San Marcos). From its sources on the southern slopes of the Tacaná volcano in the Sierra Madre range of Guatemala, the river flows in a south-southwesterly direction to the border with Mexico at Unión Juárez (15°04′14″N 92°03′35″W / 15.070549°N 92.059722°W / 15.070549; -92.059722 (Sources Río Suchiate)), past the border towns Talismán and El Carmen, and then Ciudad Tecún Umán and Ciudad Hidalgo (Chiapas) further downstream, where the Puente Rodolfo Robles and a railway bridge cross the river, and on to the Pacific Ocean. Its name comes from the Nahuatl name 'Xochiatl' meaning 'flower-water'.

The pre-Columbian archaeological site of Izapa lies along the river.

[edit] See also

• Rail transport in Guatemala
• Rail transport in Mexico

[edit] External links

• Map of Guatemala including the river

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