Rivers & Streams of  Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz

River Index - mañana
Gulf of Mexico Coast - North

Rio Maquina, Monte Pio
Rio Col, Monte Pio
Rio El Rejon, Playa Hermosa
Rio Revolucion, Playa Hermosa
Rio Los Organos, Playa Hermosa
Rio Oro, Costa de Oro
Rio Liza, Arroyo de Liza
Rio Toro Prieto
Rio La Tortuga

Rio Manatiales, near Roca Partida
Rio Salinas, near Roca Partida
Rio Gachapa, near Roca Partida
Rio Prieto
Rio Cañas
Laguna Sontecomapan

Rio Palma  - from San Martin, through La Palma,
then joins Rio Basura, or vice versa.
Rio Basura - from San Martin
Rio Chuniapan - from Santa Martas
Rio Coxcoapan -  from Santa Martas,  passes
Lopez Mateos
Rio Sabalo - merges with Coxcoapan
Rio Yohualtajapan - from Santa Marta´s

plus several other arroyos draining the San
Martin/Santa Marta corridor
Gulf of Mexico Coast - South

Ell Salvador
El Carrizal
El Salado
Las Cañas
Olapa  (Arrecifes)
Huatzinapan
Zapotitlan
Encinalillo
Mezcalapa
Agua Fria, near Los Arrecifes

Zapoapan
Anuacasapa
Sochapan
Tecuanapa
Pilapa
Guayabilla, into Pilapa
Supaquiapan, near Peña Hermosa
Tenantitenapan
Zapopan
Chamilpa
Chinita
Other Drainage Basins
Rio San Juan
Rio Chiquita (Coatzacoalcos)
Rio Hueyapan
Laguna Catemaco

Arroyo Coyame
Arroyo Ojoxapan
Arroyo San Gabriel
Arroyo Cuetzalapan
Arroyo Escaceba
Arroyo Ahuacapan
Arroyo La Margarita

Arroyo Pozolapan
Arroyo Cuixapan, near La Victoria
Arroyo La Victoria
Arroyo Excuinapan
rio guazinapan?
The Tuxtlas are criss-crossed by hundreds of water ways, ranging from tiny arroyos to clear mountain
streams and mud laden giants. Torrential downpours during the rainy season can swell a rio within
minutes and float your car away if you´re sightseeing in a vado.

Some of the rios that pass by human habitations have that ugly sheen of milky detergent, a sign of
unwarranted contamination. But many are breathtakingly beautiful.

The volcanic massifs are natural watersheds and shed their water in all directions. Dozens run into the
Gulf of Mexico, some meander to the Laguna del Ostion.

The inland side of the southern Tuxtlas drains mostly into a few large rivers which ultimately flow into the
massive San Juan which at its end joins the mighty Rio Papaloapan into the Gulf of Mexico.

A few other rios drain into Rio Coatzacoalcos or some of its tributaries.

The watershed between the two giant cuencas (watersheds) of Coatzacoalcos and Papaloapan is near
Acayucan. It´s also the only land bridge connecting the Tuxtlas to the Sierra Madre. It desperately needs
protection to preserve wildlife genetic diversity.