Goascorán River

The Goascorán River or Río Goascorán is a river in Central America. It rises in the La Sierra mountain ridge in Honduras and flows southward along the El Salvador-Honduras border for about 75 miles (120 km). It courses past Goascorán city to La Unión Bay, an inlet of the Gulf of Fonseca.

Goascorán River
Goascarán river on the Salvadoran border
Native name	Río Goascorán (Spanish)
Location
Countries	Honduras El Salvador
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	La Paz (Honduras), Honduras
Mouth	Pacific Ocean
• location	El Salvador, Honduras
• coordinates	13°24′38″N 87°49′08″W
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	130 km (81 mi)
Basin size	2,081 km2 (803 sq mi)

References

• (in Spanish) Inversiones estratégicas en la cuenca binacional del río Goascorán
• (in English) Information Sheet on Ramsar Wetlands
• (in English) Goascoran River information from Encyclopedia Britannica