The Río Coco, formerly known as the Río Segovia, is a river in southern Honduras and northern Nicaragua. Honduras in Spanish, República de Honduras) is a democratic republic in Central America. Nicaragua (ˌnɪkəˈrɑgwə officially the Republic of Nicaragua () is a representative democratic republic and the largest nation in Central America To the Miskito Indians that live along the river it is known as the Wanki or Wanks River. The Miskitos are a group of Native Americans in Central America. The river originates near San Marcos de Colón in Honduras, and flows 750 kilometers, the middle and lower reaches forming the Honduras-Nicaragua border and flows into the Caribbean Sea. Nicaragua (ˌnɪkəˈrɑgwə officially the Republic of Nicaragua () is a representative democratic republic and the largest nation in Central America For the region see Caribbean. The Caribbean Sea (kəˈrɪbiən or /ˌkærɨˈbiːən/ is a tropical Sea in the Western Hemisphere
On September 7th, 2007, major international news wires reported that the Rio Coco was over 11 meters above normal stage, two days after cateory 5 Hurricane Felix made landfall.