Native name (río Suchiate) Basin size 1,400 km (540 sq mi) Source Volcán Tacaná Mouth elevation 0 Countries Mexico, Guatemala | Country Guatemala, Mexico Length 161 km Mouth Pacific Ocean Bridges Puente Rodolfo Robles | |
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Main source Guatemala
(San Marcos)
3,000 m (9,800 ft) River mouth Pacific Ocean
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The Suchiate River (Spanish: Río Suchiate, [suˈtʃjate]) is a river that marks the southwesternmost part of the border between Mexico (state of Chiapas) and Guatemala (department of San Marcos). From its sources on the southern slopes of the Tacaná volcano in the Sierra Madre range of Guatemala, the river flows in a south-southwesterly direction to the border with Mexico at Unión Juárez (15.070549°N 92.059722°W / 15.070549; -92.059722 (Sources Río Suchiate)), past the border towns Talismán and El Carmen, and then Ciudad Tecún Umán and Ciudad Hidalgo (Chiapas) further downstream, where the Puente Rodolfo Robles and a railway bridge cross the river, and on to the Pacific Ocean. Its name comes from the Nahuatl name Xochiatl meaning "flower-water".
Map of R%C3%ADo Suchiate
The pre-Columbian archaeological site of Izapa lies along the river.