Salinas River (Guatemala)

The Salinas is a river in Guatemala. The river is called Chixoy River from its sources (located at ) in the highlands of Huehuetenango and El Quiché until it reaches the Chixoy hydroelectric dam (located at ), where the Río Salama and Rio Carchela converge with the Río Negro. After the Chixoy dam, the river is called Río Chixoy and flows northwards through Alta Verapaz until it reaches the border with Mexico. From there on it continues along the border for as the Salinas river until it finally converges with the Río de la Pasión (at ) to form the Usumacinta river which flows into the Gulf of Mexico.