Rivers in Mexico

About the Rivers of Mexico

The 16 rivers above with an encyclopedia article, in brief. Each name opens the river's full page, with its course on the map.

Atengo

The Atengo River, also known as the Chapalagana River, is a river of Mexico. It is a tributary of the Huaynamota River in the southern Sierra Madre Occidental. Its basin is bounded on the east by the Sierra los Huicholes. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Balsas

The Balsas River is a major river of south-central Mexico. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Bavispe

The Rio Bavispe or Bavispe River is a river in Mexico which flows briefly north then mainly south by southwest until it joins with the Aros River to become the Yaqui River, eventually joining the Gulf of California. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Coatzacoalcos

The Coatzacoalcos is a large river that feeds mainly the south part of the state of Veracruz; it originates in the Sierra de Niltepec and crosses the state of Oaxaca in the region of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, flowing for 325 kilometres toward the Gulf of Mexico. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Colorado

The Colorado River is one of the principal rivers in the Southwestern United States and in northern Mexico. The 1,450-mile-long river, the Fifth-longest in the United States, drains an expansive, arid watershed that encompasses parts of seven U.S. states and two Mexican states. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Conchos

The Río Conchos is a large river in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It joins the Río Bravo del Norte at the town of Ojinaga, Chihuahua. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Cuilco

The Río Cuilco is a river in Guatemala. The river's sources are located in the Sierra Madre just north of Cajolá where it is called Río Blanco. The Río Blanco joins the Las Manzanas River which in turn joins the San Isidro River to form the Cuilco river. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Fuerte

The Fuerte River is a river in the state of Sinaloa, in northwestern Mexico. It flows from headwaters in the Sierra Madre Occidental to the Pacific Ocean in the Gulf of California. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Grijalva

Grijalva River, formerly known as Tabasco River, is a 480 km long river in southeastern Mexico. It is named after Spanish conquistador Juan de Grijalva who visited the area in 1518. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Lerma

The Lerma River is Mexico's seventh longest river. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Moctezuma

The Moctezuma River is a river in Mexico that drains the eastern side of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt. It is a tributary of the Pánuco River and flows through the Mexican states of Hidalgo, Querétaro, and San Luis Potosí. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Papaloapan

The Papaloapan River is one of the main rivers of the Mexican state of Veracruz. Its name comes from the Nahuatl papaloapan meaning "river of the butterflies". (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Rio Grande

The Rio Grande, in the United States, or the Río Bravo, in Mexico, also known as Tó Ba'áadi in Navajo, is one of the principal rivers in the Southwestern United States and in northern Mexico. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

San Pedro y San Pablo

The San Pedro y San Pablo River is a river of Mexico. It is a distributary of the Usumacinta River. It branches from the lower Usumacinta and flows northwards, emptying into Atasta and Pom lagoons which are connected to Laguna de Términos, which in turn connects to the Gulf of Mexico. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Usumacinta

The Usumacinta River is a river in southeastern Mexico and northwestern Guatemala. It is formed by the junction of the Pasión River, which arises in the Sierra de Santa Cruz and the Salinas River, also known as the Rio Chixoy, or the Rio Negro, which descends from the Sierra Madre de Guatemala. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Yaqui

The Yaqui River is a river in the state of Sonora in northwestern Mexico. It was formerly known as the Rio del Norte. Being the largest river system in the state of Sonora, the Yaqui river is used for irrigation, especially in the Valle del Yaqui. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)