Coordinates: 13°46′16″N 90°10′57″W / 13.77111°N 90.18250°W / 13.77111; -90.18250 (Mouth of the Río Paz)

Paz River

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Río Paz
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Location
Countries
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationQuezalapa Mountains, Guatemala
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 • elevation1,700 m (5,600 ft)
Mouth 
 • location
Pacific Ocean
 • coordinates
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 • elevation
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Length134 km (83 mi)
Discharge 
 • average23.2 m3/s (820 cu ft/s) (at El Jobo)

The Río Paz (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈri.o pas]) is a river in southern Guatemala. Its sources are located in the Quezalapa mountains in the north of Jutiapa. From there it flows in a south-westerly direction and marks the border with El Salvador for most of its course before reaching the Pacific Ocean at Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found..[1]

The Paz River is 134 kilometres (83 mi) long, and its basin covers a territory of 1,732 square kilometres (669 mi2) in Guatemala.[2]

It flows through the Ahuachapán Department and into the Laguna el Espino.

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