Icán River

{{Short description|River in Guatemala}}

{{Infobox river

| name = Icán River

| name_native = {{native name|es|Río Icán}}

| image =

| image_caption =

| pushpin_map = Guatemala

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of mouth

| source1_location = Guatemala (Suchitepéquez

| source1_coordinates= {{coord|14.663063|-91.533837|region:GT|name=Río Sís}}

| mouth_location = Pacific Ocean

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|14.125006|-91.665201|region:GT|name=Río Icán|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = Guatemala

| length = {{convert|53|km|mi|abbr=on}}

| source1_elevation = {{convert|1200|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| mouth_elevation = {{convert|0|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| discharge1_avg = {{convert|34|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}} (at Bracitos)

| basin_size =

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The Río ícán is a river in southwest Guatemala. Its sources are in the Sierra Madre range, on the slopes of the Santo Tomás volcano in the department of Suchitepéquez. It flows southwards through the coastal lowlands of Suchitepequez to the Pacific Ocean.{{cite web | url=http://www.insivumeh.gob.gt/hidrologia/ATLAS_HIDROMETEOROLOGICO/Atlas_Hidrologico/mapa-base.jpg | publisher= | title=Mapa de Cuencas y Ríos | author=INSIVUMEH | format=}}

The river runs more or less parallel to its main tributary, the Sís River. The Sís–Icán river basin covers an area of 919 km² (355 sq ml).{{cite web | url=http://www.insivumeh.gob.gt/hidrologia/rios%20de%20guate.htm | publisher= | title=Principales ríos de Guatemala | author=INSIVUMEH }}

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Category:Rivers of Guatemala

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