River
Goascorán River
130 km from source to mouth · El Salvador and Honduras.
El Salvador and HondurasFlows into Pacific Ocean3rd longest in El Salvador
In numbers
Length
130km
Average flow
33m³/s
Basin
2,663km²
Drop
355m
from 355 m to 0 m
Countries
2
The journey
From source to mouth
130 km of river and 5 stops on the way: 5 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmSourceat 355 m
- 13 kmAguanqueterique4,807 people
- 24 kmSan Antonio del Norte1,002 people
- 32 kmCaridad3,927 people
- 49 kmAramecina7,173 people
- 95 kmLa Alianza6,923 people
- 130 kmPacific Oceanat 0 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in Honduras
At the mouth it carries 33 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 75 seconds. It drops from 355 m to 0 m, 2.7 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 2,663 km², about the size of LU. 203,000 people live in it. Highest water: from September to October; lowest: from January to April. No large dam holds it back: it is one of the world's free-flowing rivers.
Where to start
- AramecinaLargest city on its banks · 7,173 people
- Toncontín Airport (TGU)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 64 km from the cityCar hire at TGU airport (Tegucigalpa)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From November to FebruaryThe best months to visit
Goascorán River, month by month
Highest water: from September to October
Lowest water: from January to April. Best months to visit: from November to February.
From about 3.8 m³/s in the lowest month to 88 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
Goascorán River: the basin in numbers
2,757 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 203,000people live in the basin
- 73/km²people per km²
- 519maverage altitude of the basin
- 1,669mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 24.6°Caverage air temperature
- 8%protected areas
What covers the basin
- 43% Forest
- 32% Cropland
- 29% Pasture
- 2% 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.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Goascorán 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.
17beaches at the mouth and on the banksCoastya
23mountains at the sourcePeakyas
7islands off the mouthIslandyas
Beaches (17)
At the mouth (25 km) and on the banks, by Coastya
- Playa del Coyol22 km away30.3°C
- Balneario La Rábida11 km away30.3°C
- Playa de La Menuda23 km away30.3°C
- Playa del Papayal22 km away30.3°C
- Playa Los Lagartos14 km away30.3°C
- Playa del Muerto22 km away30.3°C
- Playa Playitas18 km away30.3°C
- Playa Santa Ana14 km away30.3°C
9 more on CoastyaOpen Coastya ↗
Mountains at the source (23)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Cerro Yupe1.1 km away
- Cerro de los Ocotes14 km away
- Cerro Guangazne3.7 km away
- Cerro La Cenicera7.1 km away
- Cerro Apazara9.6 km away
- Cerro de Calderas6.3 km away
- Cerro del Arado9.9 km away
- Cerro El Esquillal15 km away
15 more on PeakyasOpen Peakyas ↗
Islands off the mouth (7)
Within 30 km of the mouth, by Islandyas
- Tiger Island29 km away20km²
- Isla Conchagüita24 km away7.6km²
- Isla Zacate Grande26 km away50km²
- Conejo Island15 km away0.0km²
- Meanguera30 km away16km²
- Isla Zacatillo17 km away4.0km²
- Isla Martín Pérez20 km away2.0km²
Islandyas is coming soonOpen Islandyas ↗
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
Goascorán River in pictures
Nearby
Rivers nearby
El Salvador422 km360 m³/s107 km awayMotagua River
Guatemala486 km310 m³/s258 km awayPaz RiverEl Salvador134 km23 m³/s247 km awayUlúa RiverHonduras358 km440 m³/s276 km awayDulce RiverGuatemala43 km340 m³/s279 km awayPasión RiverGuatemala353 km320 m³/s446 km awayBelize River
Belize290 km200 m³/s459 km awayRío Frío
Nicaragua428 km380 m³/s424 km awayWhere these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q2114596) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth 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 | Coastya, Peakyas, Islandyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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