Rivers in Honduras is a list of the rivers in Honduras, including those which it shares with its neighbours. The Cangrejal River or Río Cangrejal is a river in La Ceiba in Honduras. La Ceiba is a port city on the northern coast of Honduras in Central America. "Riverine" redirects here For the use of that term in Maritime geography, see there Honduras in Spanish, República de Honduras) is a democratic republic in Central America. The most important river in Honduras is the Ulúa, which flows 400 kilometers to the Caribbean through the economically important Valle de Sula. The Ulua River (Río Ulúa is a river in western Honduras. It rises in the central mountainous area of the country close to La Paz and runs 150 miles approximately San Pedro Sula is a city in Honduras. It is located in the northwest corner of the country in the Valle de Sula (Sula Valley about 60 km south of Puerto Cortés Numerous other rivers drain the interior highlands and empty north into the Caribbean Sea. For the region see Caribbean. The Caribbean Sea (kəˈrɪbiən or /ˌkærɨˈbiːən/ is a tropical Sea in the Western Hemisphere These other rivers are important, not as transportation routes, but because of the broad fertile valleys they have produced. They can also create problems for human inhabitants along their banks, and those who rely on the bridges spanning them, during times of intense rains. An example of those was the Choluteca River which wreaked havoc in the capital of Tegucigalpa during Hurricane Mitch. The Choluteca River (Río Grande o Choluteca is a River in southern Honduras. Tegucigalpa (teɰusiˈɰalpa ( Teguz for short is the Capital city of Honduras and is also the country's largest city Hurricane Mitch was one of the deadliest and most powerful Hurricanes on record in the Atlantic basin with maximum sustained winds of 180 mph (285 km/h
- Río Patuca is the largest in Honduras and the second largest in Central America. The Patuca is a River in northeastern Honduras, formed southeast of Juticalpa by the merger of the Guayape and Guayambre rivers
- Río Ulúa is the most important river economically. The Ulua River (Río Ulúa is a river in western Honduras. It rises in the central mountainous area of the country close to La Paz and runs 150 miles approximately
- Río Grande o Choluteca runs through the capital Tegucigalpa. The Choluteca River (Río Grande o Choluteca is a River in southern Honduras.
- Río Negro (Central America) borders Nicaragua. The Río Coco, formerly known as the Río Segovia is a river in southern Honduras and northern Nicaragua. Nicaragua (ˌnɪkəˈrɑgwə officially the Republic of Nicaragua () is a representative democratic republic and the largest nation in Central America
- Río Coco is another river that borders Honduras with Nicaragua. The Río Coco, formerly known as the Río Segovia is a river in southern Honduras and northern Nicaragua.
- Río Goascorán divides El Salvador from Honduras. The Goascorán River or Río Goascorán is a river in Honduras and El Salvador that divides the two countries El Salvador ( República de El Salvador,) is a country in Central America.
- Río Talgua is in Catacamas. The Talgua River or Río Talgua is a river in the Catacamas of Honduras. Catacamas is a Municipality and a city of over 30000 in the south east of Honduran department of Olancho.
- Río Culmí
- Río Wuampú in Olancho
- Río Guayape
- Río Boquerón
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The Tela River or Río de Tela is a River that runs through Tela, in Honduras, flowing into the Caribbean Sea. The Río Tinto is a River in southwestern Spain that originates in the Sierra Morena mountains of Andalusia. The Aguán River (also commonly known by its Spanish name Rio Aguán) is a River in Honduras. The Motagua River is a 486 km long river in Guatemala. It rises in central Guatemala to the north-east of Guatemala City and runs north-east to east to the GulfDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic