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This is a list of rivers in El Salvador.

El Salvador has 58 river basins which all drain to the Pacific Ocean. The total amount of water discharged into the Pacific is 19 million m³ in a normal year. Additionally, there are several endorheic basins linked to a lake. Coatepeque Lake is the largest endorheic basin in the country.

By drainage basin

This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.

Pacific Ocean

• Banderas River
• Cara Sucia River
• Comalapa River
• Copinula River
• El Guayabo River
• El Molino River
• El Potrero River
• Goascorán River
• Jalponga River
• Jiboa River
• Lempa River
  • Acelhuate River
  • Ostúa River
  • Sumpul River
  • Torola River
• Paz River
• Pululuya River
• Río Grande de San Miguel
• Sensunapan River
• Sirama River

See also

• List of rivers of the Americas by coastline

References

1. ^ "Mapas de Recursos Hídricos". San Salvador: Servicio Nacional de Estudios Territoriales (SNET). Archived from the original on April 22, 2009. Retrieved May 3, 2009.
2. "Water Resources Assessment of El Salvador" (PDF). United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). 1998. Archived from the original (pdf) on January 9, 2009. Retrieved May 4, 2009.

• Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
• CIA map: Image:Elsalvador relief map 1980.jpg
• "GEONet Names Server". National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Retrieved June 25, 2021., GEOnet Names Server

• Rivers of El Salvador
• Lists of rivers by country
• Lists of landforms of El Salvador
• Lists of rivers of Central America