Hondo River (Belize)
river between Belize and Mexico From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Rio Hondo is a river of Central America. It is about 150 km (93.2 mi) in length. It flows in a northeasterly direction and ends in the Chetumal Bay on the Caribbean Sea. Most of border of Mexico and Belize runs along its length.
- This article is about the river in Belize and Mexico; for other uses, see Rio Hondo
Many archaeological sites of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization are near the river's course.
The river is mentioned in a stanza of Belize's national anthem, Land of the Free:
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