Coco River
River in Nicaragua and Honduras
The Coco river (Spanish: Río Coco, Miskito: Wangki, formerly known as the Río Segovia, Cape River, or Yara River) is a river located on the border of northern Nicaragua and southern Honduras. It is the longest river that runs entirely within the Central American Isthmus with a total length of 841 km (523 mi).
The river originates in the Somoto Canyon National Monument, near where the Pan American Highway crosses into Nicaragua, and flows through low mountainous terrain 841 kilometres (523 mi) into the Caribbean Sea at Cabo Gracias a Dios; the middle and lower reaches form the Honduras-Nicaragua border.
On September 7, 2007, major international news wires reported that the Río Coco was over 11 metres (36 ft) above normal stage, two days after Category 5 Hurricane Felix made landfall.
01Location
| Point | Coordinates (links to map & photo sources) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Somoto Canyon - source | 13°27′06″N 86°42′32″W / 13.4518°N 86.7088°W / 13.4518; -86.7088 (Somoto Canyon - source) | Elevation: 2219 ft |
| El Ocotal | 13°36′40″N 86°28′10″W / 13.6111°N 86.46944°W / 13.6111; -86.46944 (El Ocotal) | Elevation: 1776 ft |
| Los Encuentros | 13°29′45″N 86°16′00″W / 13.4959°N 86.2667°W / 13.4959; -86.2667 (Los Encuentros) | Elevation: 1509 ft |
| Jicaro River confluence | 13°31′00″N 86°00′10″W / 13.5167°N 86.0028°W / 13.5167; -86.0028 (Jicaro River confluence) | Elev: 1150 ft |
| Joins Nicaraguan-Honduran border | 13°49′58″N 85°45′10″W / 13.8328°N 85.75278°W / 13.8328; -85.75278 (Joins Nicaraguan-Honduran border) | Elev: 856 ft |
| Waspam | 14°44′45″N 83°58′20″W / 14.7458°N 83.9722°W / 14.7458; -83.9722 (Waspam) | Elev: 83 ft |
| Cabo Gracias a Dios - mouth | 15°00′00″N 83°08′00″W / 15.00°N 83.1334°W / 15.00; -83.1334 (Cabo Gracias a Dios - mouth) | Elev: 0 ft |
Sources and credits
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Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- Cape Gracias a Dios.jpg by NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team, Public domain
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