Lempa River

Lempa River
Lempa River
	Sunset over the Lempa river
	Railroad Bridge (FENADESAL) over the Lempa river, as seen from the Carretera del Litoral highway bridge (El Salvador)
Location
Countries	El Salvador; Honduras; Guatemala;
Physical characteristics
Source	Sierra Madre
• location	Olopa, Chiquimula, Guatemala
• coordinates	14°41′33″N 89°18′18″W / 14.69250°N 89.30500°W
• elevation	1,200 m (3,900 ft)
Mouth	Pacific Ocean
• location	El Playón, Tecoluca, San Vicente, El Salvador
• coordinates	13°15′17″N 88°49′38″W / 13.25472°N 88.82722°W
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	422 km (262 mi)
Basin size	18,246 km2 (7,045 sq mi)
Discharge
• location	Cuscatlan bridge
• average	362 m3/s (12,800 cu ft/s)

The Lempa River (Spanish: Río Lempa) is a 422-kilometre-long (262 mi) river in Central America.^[2]

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^ Hernández, Walter (2005). "Nacimiento y Desarrollo del río Lempa" (pdf). San Salvador: Servicio Nacional de Estudios Territoriales (SNET). Retrieved 2009-05-03.