Major Rivers in Mexico |
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River | Length (km) | Length (miles) | Drainage area (km²) | Outflow | Countries in the drainage basin | Mexico States in the drainage basin |
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Colorado River | 2330 | 1450 | 637137 | Gulf of California | USA, Mexico | Baja California, Sonora |
Rio Grande | 3051 | 1896 | 471900 | Gulf of Mexico | USA, Mexico | Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas |
Usumacinta River | 1000 | 621 | 106000 | Gulf of Mexico | Guatemala, Mexico | Tabasco |
Rio Balsas | 771 | 479 | 105900 | Pacific Ocean | Mexico | Puebla, Morelos, Guerrero, and Mexico |
Rio Lerma | 750 | 470 | 47116 | Pacific Ocean | Mexico | Mexico, Guanajuato,Jalisco, Michoacan, Queretaro |
Rio El Fuerte | 670 | 540 | 40000 | Gulf of California | Mexico | Sinaloa, Chihuahua |
Rio Grijalva | 600 | 370 | 134,400 | Gulf of Mexico | Guatemala, Mexico | Chiapas, Tabasco |
Rio Nazas | 560 | 350 | 71906 | Mayrán lagoon | Mexico | Coahuila and Durango |
Rio Grande de Santiago | 433 | 269 | 136628 | Pacific Ocean | Mexico | Jalisco and Nayarit |
Rio Panuco | 508 | 316 | 84956 | Gulf of Mexico | Mexico | Veracruz |