List of longest rivers of Mexico

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Map showing major rivers in Mexico

Among the longest rivers of Mexico are 26 streams of at least 250 km (160 mi). In the case of rivers such as the Colorado, the length listed in the table below is solely that of the main stem. In the case of the Grijalva and Usumacinta, it is the combined lengths of two river systems that share a delta. In the case of the Nazas and Aguanaval, it is the combined lengths of separate rivers that flow into the same closed basin.

Three rivers in this list cross international boundaries or form them. The Colorado and the Rio Grande (Río Bravo del Norte or Río Bravo) begin in the United States and flow into Mexico, while the Usumacinta begins in Guatemala and flows into Mexico.

The primary source for the length, watershed, and surface runoff data in the table below is the 10th edition of Statistics on Water in Mexico, published by the National Water Commission in Mexico (CONAGUA); exceptions are as noted. U.S. states and departments of Guatemala appear in italics in the "States" column. Abbreviations are as follows: "km" for "kilometre", "mi" for "mile", "s" for "second", "m" for "metre", and "ft" for "foot".

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Watershed is not entirely within Mexico.

Longest rivers of Mexico

#	Name	Mouth	Length	Watershed area	Annual surface runoff	States	Image
1	Rio Grande (Río Bravo del Norte or Río Bravo)	Gulf of Mexico	3,108 km 1,931 mi	466,939 km2 180,286 mi2	6,090 x 106 m3 2.15 x 1011 ft3	Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas
2	Colorado River	Gulf of California	2,337 km 1,452 mi	630,783 km2 243,547 mi2	17,898 x 106 m3 6.321 x 1011 ft3	Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, California, Sonora, Baja California
3	Grijalva–Usumacinta Rivers	Bay of Campeche	1,911 km 1,187 mi	128,390 km2 49,570 mi2	115,536 x 106 m3 4.0801 x 1012 ft3	Petén, Chiapas, Tabasco	150px
4	Nazas–Aguanaval Rivers	Bolsón de Mapimí	1,081 km 672 mi	89,239 km2 34,455 mi2	1,912 x 106 m3 6.75 x 1010 ft3	Durango, Zacatecas, Coahuila
5	Culiacán River	Pacific Ocean	875 km 544 mi	15,731 km2 6,074 mi2	3,161 x 106 m3 1.116 x 1011 ft3	Sinaloa
6	Balsas River	Pacific Ocean	770 km 478 mi	117,406 km2 45,331 mi2	16,587 x 106 m3 5.858 x 1011 ft3	Puebla, Morelos, Michoacán, Guerrero
7	Lerma River	Lake Chapala	708 km 440 mi	47,116 km2 18,192 mi2	4,742 x 106 m3 1.675 x 1011 ft3	State of Mexico, Querétaro, Michoacán, Guanajuato, Jalisco
8	Rio Grande de Santiago	Pacific Ocean	562 km 349 mi	76,416 km2 29,504 mi2	7,849 x 106 m3 2.772 x 1011 ft3	Jalisco, Nayarit
9	Fuerte River	Gulf of California	540 km 336 mi	33,590 km2 12,970 mi2	5,176 x 106 m3 1.828 x 1011 ft3	Sinaloa
10	Pánuco River	Gulf of Mexico	510 km 317 mi	84,956 km2 32,802 mi2	20,330 x 106 m3 7.18 x 1011 ft3	Veracruz
11	Rio Conchos	Rio Grande	485 km 301 mi	68,386 km2 26,404 mi2	2,714 x 106 m3 9.58 x 1010 ft3	Chihuahua
12	Sonora River	Gulf of California	421 km 262 mi	27,740 km2 10,710 mi2	408 x 106 m3 1.44 x 1010 ft3	Sonora
13	Soto La Marina River	Gulf of Mexico	416 km 258 km	21,183 km2 8,179 mi2	2,086 x 106 m3 7.37 x 1010 ft3	Tamaulipas
14	Yaqui River	Gulf of California	410 km 255 mi	72,540 km2 28,010 mi2	3,163 x 106 m3 1.117 x 1011 ft3	Sonora	150px
15	Sinaloa River	Gulf of California	400 km 249 mi	12,260 km2 4,730 mi2	2,126 x 106 m3 7.51 x 1010 ft3	Sinaloa
16	San Fernando River	Gulf of Mexico	400 km 249 mi	17,744 km2 6,851 mi2	1,545 x 106 m3 5.46 x 1010 ft3	Tamaulipas
17	Mayo River	Gulf of California	386 km 240 mi	15,113 km2 5,835 mi2	1,232 x 106 m3 4.35 x 1010 ft3	Chihuahua, Sonora
18	Tecolutla River	Gulf of Mexico	375 km 233 mi	7,903 km2 3,051 mi2	6,095 x 106 m3 2.152 x 1011 ft3	Veracruz
19	Jamapa River	Gulf of Mexico	368 km 229 mi	4,061 km2 1,568 mi2	2,563 x 106 m3 9.05 x 1010 ft3	Veracruz
20	Papaloapan River	Gulf of Mexico	354 km 220 mi	46,517 km2 17,960 mi2	44,662 x 106 m3 1.5772 x 1012 ft3	Oaxaca, Veracruz	150px
21	Verde River	Pacific Ocean	342 km 213 mi	5,937 km2 2,292 mi2	5,937 x 106 m3 2.097 x 1011 ft3	Oaxaca
22	Concepción River	Gulf of California	335 km 208 mi	25,808 km2 9,965 2	123 x 106 m3 4.3 x 109 ft3	Sonora
23	Coatzacoalcos River	Gulf of Mexico	325 km 202 mi	17,369 km2 6,706 mi2	28,093 x 106 m3 9.921 x 1011 ft3	Oaxaca, Veracruz
24	San Lorenzo River	Gulf of California	315 km 196 mi	8,919 km2 3,444 mi2	1,680 x 106 m3 5.9 x 1010 ft3	Durango, Sinaloa
25	Sonoyta River	Gulf of California	311 km 193 mi	7,653 km2 2,955 mi2	16 x 106 m3 570 x 106 ft3	Sonora
26	San Pedro River	Pacific Ocean	255 km 158 mi	26,480 km2 10,220 mi2	3,417 x 106 m3 1.207 x 1011 ft3	Durango, Nayarit

See also

• List of rivers of Mexico

Rio grande

Notes and references

Notes

References

Works cited

• Benke, Arthur C., ed., and Cushing, Colbert E., ed. Rivers of North America. Burlington, Massachusetts: Elsevier Academic Press. ISBN 0-12-088253-1.

• Approximate coordinates from GeoNames, in some cases adjusted by geolocating with Google Earth.
• Benke and Cushing, p. 1079
• wikepida.org