The Motagua River (Spanish pronunciation:[moˈtaɣwa]) is a 486-kilometre-long (302 mi) river in Guatemala. It rises in the Western Highlands of Guatemala and runs in an easterly direction to the Gulf of Honduras. The Motagua River basin covers an area of 12,670 square kilometres (4,890 sq mi) and is the largest in Guatemala.
The Motagua River valley contains sources of jadeitite, which has been used by many Indigenous communities that have inhabited the region. The Motagua River is also one of the most plastic-emitting rivers in the world, contributing around two percent of global plastic pollution emissions into oceans annually. Conservation efforts have been driven by the government and non-government organizations to ensure safe water and clean oceans.
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The MotaguaRiver (Spanish pronunciation: [moˈtaɣwa]) is a 486-kilometre-long (302 mi) river in Guatemala. It rises in the Western Highlands of Guatemala...
join the MotaguaRiver where the departmental borders of El Progreso, Baja Verapaz and Guatemala converge. In its final kilometres, the river marks the...
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artifacts have been created and prized by many Mesoamerican peoples, the MotaguaRiver valley in Guatemala was previously thought to be the sole source of...
include the Rio Grande de Santiago, the Grijalva River, the MotaguaRiver, the Ulúa River, and the Hondo River. The northern Maya lowlands, especially the...
Acasaguastlán was one of few pre-conquest centres of population in the middle MotaguaRiver drainage, due to the arid climate. It covered a broad area that included...
Baltazar de Orena was a Spanish poet, friend of Miguel de Cervantes. "MotaguaRiver". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved June 21, 2021. Greenberg, Amy S...
pp. 203–207. Feldman, Lawrence H. (2000). Motagua Colonial: Conquest and Colonization in the MotaguaRiver Valley in Guatemala. Raleigh: Boson Books/C&M...
cultures, such as the Olmec and Maya, could obtain jade was located in the MotaguaRiver valley in Guatemala. Jade was largely an elite good, and was usually...
Late Preclassic, linking the Pacific coastal trade routes with the MotaguaRiver route, as well as demonstrating increased contact with other sites along...
network in Mesoamerica. The source of the most valued jade was the MotaguaRiver valley in eastern Guatemala, and Olmec obsidian has been traced to sources...
The northern and southern mountains are separated by the Motagua valley, where the Motaguariver and its tributaries drains from the highlands into the...
southwest of the city of Jalapa, the river flows in a northeastern direction until it reaches the MotaguaRiver at 14°56′04″N 89°49′07″W / 14.934419°N...
eastern portion, Sierra del Mico, stretches between the Polochic and the Motaguarivers. Between Honduras and Guatemala, the frontier is formed by the Sierra...
and Dulce Rivers, which drain into Lake Izabal, the MotaguaRiver, the Sarstún, which forms the boundary with Belize, and the Usumacinta River, which forms...
floating in the MotaguaRiver, mutilated by torture. Fishermen in the municipality of Gualan reportedly stopped fishing the Motagua on account of the...
the department is formed by the riverbed and surroundings of the MotaguaRiver. The river forms a huge valley and depending on the topographic configuration...
The Motagua Valley thornscrub ecoregion (WWF ID: NT1312) is located in the Motagua valley in eastern Guatemala. Surrounded by mountains and receiving relatively...
quarries, using a river that converges with the MotaguaRiver, then it was transported from the Caribbean shores, using the Río Azul, Holmul River (Guatemala)...
The Cuyamel River flows past the city of Cuyamel, Honduras and into an off branch of the MotaguaRiver that marks the boundary between Honduras and Guatemala...
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consist of three species, P. amates from the MotaguaRiver in Guatemala, P. pittieri from the Reventazon River in Costa Rica, and P. isthmensis from Colón...
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