Holmul River (Guatemala)

{{Short description|River in Guatemala}}

{{Redirect|Río Holmul|the Maya archaeological site|Holmul|other rivers of the same name|Holmul River (disambiguation){{!}}Holmul River}}

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{{Infobox river

| name = Holmul River

| native_name ={{native name|es|Río Holmul}}

| image =

| image_caption =

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = Guatemala

| subdivision_type2 = Department

| subdivision_name2 = El Petén

| source1_location = El Petén

| source1_coordinates= {{coord|17.015112|-89.614878|region:GT|name=Sources of Río Holmul}}

| mouth_location =

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|17.297805|-89.213963|region:GT|name=Mouth of Río Holmul|display=inline,title}}

| length =

| source1_elevation = {{convert|400|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| mouth_elevation = {{convert|200|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| discharge1_avg =

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The Holmul River ({{langx|es|Río Holmul}}) is a river in northeastern Guatemala that flows through the Petén Basin region in the departamento (department) of El Petén towards the border with Belize. A number of significant pre-Columbian Maya sites lie along or near the course of this waterway, including Tikal, Nakum, Holmul, Naranjo, Yaxha and Witzna.{{Cite web |last=Fialko |first=Vilma |date=2022 |title=Approaching a Maya Political Geography of the Northeast Peten,Guatemala:The Holmul River Survey and Settlements in the Hinterlands of Tikal,Yaxha, Nakum, and Naranjo |url=https://www.mesoweb.com/CATNYN/Holmul_River_Survey.pdf |website=Mesoweb}}