Icán River

Icán River (Río Icán)
Basin
Main source	Guatemala (Suchitepéquez 14°39′47″N 91°32′02″W / 14.663063°N 91.533837°W
Source elevation	1,200 m (3,900 ft)
River mouth	Pacific Ocean 0 m (Pacific Ocean) 14°07′30″N 91°39′55″W / 14.125006°N 91.665201°W
Countries	Guatemala
Physiognomy
Length	53 km (33 mi)
Avg. discharge	34 m^3/s (1,200 cu ft/s) (at Bracitos)

The Río ícán is a river in Southwest Guatemala. Its sources are in the Sierra Madre range, on the slopes of the Santo Tomás volcano in the department of Suchitepéquez. It flows southwards through the coastal lowlands of Suchitepequez to the Pacific Ocean.^[1]

The river runs more or less parallel to its main tributary, the Sís River. The Sís–Icán river basin covers a territory of 919 square kilometres (355 sq mi).^[2]

References

1. INSIVUMEH. "Mapa de Cuencas y Ríos".
2. INSIVUMEH. "Principales ríos de Guatemala".