Lempa
Lempa is a mapped river in the YearMaps hydrographic index. River courses organise settlement, agriculture and frontier-making more durably than any political boundary, and this reach is indexed against the dams, lakes and cities within its catchment.
- Feature Class
- River
- Coordinates
- 13.95°, -88.96°
About Lempa
The Lempa River (Spanish: Río Lempa) is a 422-kilometre-long (262 mi) river in Central America. It is a transboundary river shared by El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.
Encyclopedic summary adapted from Wikipedia: Lempa River (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Lempa in Depth
Geography
Its sources are located in between the Sierra Madre and the Sierra del Merendón mountain ranges in southern Guatemala, near the town of Olopa. In Guatemala, the river is called Olopa River and flows southwards for 30.4 kilometres (18.9 mi) before entering Honduras and changing its name to Lempa River at 14.547700°N 89.264002°W / 14.547700; -89.264002. In Honduras, it flows through the Ocotepeque Department for 31.4 kilometres (19.5 mi), and crosses the border with El Salvador at the town of Citalá (14.371857°N 89.212439°W / 14.371857; -89.212439) in the Chalatenango Department. The river continues its course for another 360 kilometres (220 mi) in El Salvador, flowing in a generally southwards direction until it reaches the Pacific Ocean in the San Vicente Department.
Sections adapted from Wikipedia: Lempa River (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Major River Dossiers
Hand-written studies of the great river systems of history.
Connected Reaches
Nearby watercourses in the same drainage network.
Water Bodies in the Catchment
Settlements Along the Reach
Hydraulic Infrastructure Nearby
Surrounding Terrain
Lempa: Quick Answers
- Where is Lempa?
- Lempa is located in El Salvador and Honduras, at 13.9499° N, 88.9619° W.
- Are there dams on the Lempa?
- No dam on the Lempa is recorded in the YearMaps dam index, which covers major structures only.