Cahabón River

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The Río Cahabón is a 196 km long river in Guatemala. It rises at El Patal, between Purulhá and Tactic, and crosses the department of Alta Verapaz mostly in the east-west direction. The river flows near Cahaboncito in the community Panzós in the Río Polo Chic, which is about 30 km to the east opens his hand in the Lake Izabal. The Río Cahabón has about 50 tributaries, along with hundreds of smaller streams flow to. The mean annual runoff is about 164 m³ / s

The Cahabón had great economic importance already during the Mayan civilization. Along the river created numerous settlements, including Coban, San Pedro Carcha, Lanquín and Cahabón. Today, the Río Cahabón mainly due to the attractive landscape is one of the main tourist attractions of Guatemala. In some sections it forms natural pools, of which the best known Semuc Champey at. The further east rapids attract rafting athletes from around the world.

In Coban and San Pedro Carcha hydropower plants are operated.

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