Bolaños River
{{About|the river in Mexico|the river in Guam|Bolanos River}}
{{Infobox river
| name = Bolaños River
| image = Rio santiago y bolanos.jpg
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| image_caption = The Bolaños River as it reaches the Lerma Santiago River
| source1_location = Zacatecas
| mouth_location = Lerma Santiago River
| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = Mexico
| length_km = 360
| source1_elevation =
| mouth_elevation =
| discharge1_avg =
| basin_size = Lerma Santiago River
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The Bolaños River is a river in Mexico flowing through the Sierra Madre Occidental, and a tributary of Río Grande de Santiago. It has a length of {{convert|360|km|abbr=on}} and a watershed of about {{convert|10000|km2|abbr=on}}.
Geography
The river's origin is in the state of Zacatecas, about {{convert|60|km|abbr=on}} west of the city of Fresnillo, about {{convert|40|km|abbr=on}} south of Tropic of Cancer. It flows south between the Sierra los Huicholes on the west and the Sierra de Morones on the east. It enters the state of Jalisco some {{convert|85|km|abbr=on}} later, eventually draining into the Lerma Santiago River, approximately {{convert|40|km|abbr=on}} northwest of the city of Tequila. The last {{convert|32|km|abbr=on}} of the river form the boundary between the states of Jalisco and Nayarit.
The principal municipalities transversed by the Bolaños River include:
- in Zacatecas: San Mateo and Valparaiso;
- in Jalisco: Mezquitic, Villa Guerrero, Bolaños, Chimaltitán and San Martín de Bolaños.
See also
References
- Atlas of Mexico, 1975 (https://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/maps/atlas_mexico/river_basins.jpg).
- The Prentice Hall American World Atlas, 1984.
- Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
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Category:Rivers of the Sierra Madre Occidental
Category:Río Grande de Santiago
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