Cahabón River

The Río Cahabón (Cahabón River) is a 196-kilometre-long (122 mi) river in eastern Guatemala. From its sources in the Sierra de las Minas mountain range in Baja Verapaz it turns north and then east into Alta Verapaz, flowing through Santa Cruz Verapaz, Tactic, Cobán, San Pedro Carchá, Semuc Champey and Santa María Cahabón below which it joins the smaller Polochic River.

Cahabón River
The Cahabòn in flood at Semuc Champey
Native name	Río Cahabón (Spanish)
Location
Country	Guatemala
Physical characteristics
Source	Tactic, Guatemala
• coordinates	15.321549°N 90.338169°W / 15.321549; -90.338169
• elevation	1,600 m (5,200 ft)
Mouth	Polochic River
• coordinates	15.422463°N 89°W / 15.422463; -89
• elevation	90 m (300 ft)
Length	195.95 km (121.76 mi)[1]
Basin size	2,459 km2 (949 sq mi)[1]
Discharge
• average	164.2 m3/s (5,800 cu ft/s)[1]

The Cahabón has whitewater reaches, with Class III and IV rapids — intermediate to challenging — which are favoured spots for touristic river rafting.^[2]

See also

• Lake Chichoj

References

1. "Rios de Guatemala" (in Spanish). INSIVUMEH. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
2. "Cahabon River". Anywhere.com. Retrieved June 22, 2021.