River
Dulce River
43 km from source to mouth · Guatemala.
GuatemalaFlows into Caribbean Sea3rd longest in Guatemala
In numbers
Length
43km
Average flow
340m³/s
Basin
3,435km²
Drop
1m
from 2 m to 1 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
43 km of river and 1 stops on the way: 0 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmLake Izabalat 2 m
- 24 kmLake Izabal670 km²
- 43 kmCaribbean Seaat 1 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in Guatemala
At the mouth it carries 341 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 7.3 seconds. Its basin covers 3,435 km², about the size of CV. 691,000 people live in it. Highest water: from July to September; lowest: from February to May. No large dam holds it back: it is one of the world's free-flowing rivers.
Where to start
- LívingstonLargest city on its banks · 17,923 people
- Puerto Barrios Airport (PBR)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 21 km from the cityCar hire at SAP airport (San Pedro Sula)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water23 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- From February to MarchThe best months to visit
Dulce River, month by month
Highest water: from July to September
Lowest water: from February to May. Best months to visit: from February to March.
From about 120 m³/s in the lowest month to 630 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.
Plan the trip
Plan the trip: boat trips, a bed by the river, a car
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The basin
Dulce River: the basin in numbers
8,252 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 691,000people live in the basin
- 84/km²people per km²
- 713maverage altitude of the basin
- 2,771mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 22.9°Caverage air temperature
- 24%protected areas
- 8.7%covered by lakes
What covers the basin
- 40% Forest
- 8% Cropland
- 35% Pasture
- 3% Towns and cities
RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.
Along the river
Dulce River: what you find on the way
- 10Boat ramps
- 1Ferry piersMuelle Municipal
- 11MarinasMarina GYSA, Captain John's Marina & Bungalows, El Rellemo marina and 8 more
From OpenStreetMap, within 1.7 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Dulce River in our other atlases
What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.
1lake on its wayLakeyas
2beaches at the mouth and on the banksCoastya
Lakes and reservoirs (1)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Lake Izabalkm 25 · 18 m deep670km²
Lakeyas is coming soonOpen Lakeyas ↗
Beaches (2)
At the mouth (25 km) and on the banks, by Coastya
- Ensenada Nana Juanakm 25 · cove30.0°C
- Ensenada Los Nacionaleskm 24 · cove30.0°C
From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.
Photos
Dulce River in pictures
Nearby
Rivers nearby
Guatemala486 km310 m³/s66 km awayUlúa River
Honduras358 km440 m³/s123 km awayPasión RiverGuatemala353 km320 m³/s199 km awayMopan River
Belize38 km93 m³/s161 km awayBelize RiverBelize290 km200 m³/s210 km awayLempa River
El Salvador422 km360 m³/s276 km awayPaz RiverEl Salvador134 km23 m³/s261 km awayGoascorán RiverEl Salvador130 km33 m³/s279 km awayWhere these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q2048161) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed along the river network from the point given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Our other atlases | Lakeyas, Coastya — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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